AU-12(1) System-wide and Time-correlated Audit Trail
Control enhancement of AU-12 Audit Record Generation
Control
Compile audit records from [Assignment: system components] into a system-wide (logical or physical) audit trail that is time-correlated to within [Assignment: level of tolerance].
Discussion
Audit trails are time-correlated if the time stamps in the individual audit records can be reliably related to the time stamps in other audit records to achieve a time ordering of the records within organizational tolerances.
Related controls
Need AU-12(1) implemented and evidenced?
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