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AU-10(01) Association of Identities

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged AU part of AU-10

Title

Association of Identities

Control

(a) Bind the identity of the information producer with the information to [Assignment: strength of binding] ; and
(b) Provide the means for authorized individuals to determine the identity of the producer of the information.

Discussion

Binding identities to the information supports audit requirements that provide organizational personnel with the means to identify who produced specific information in the event of an information transfer. Organizations determine and approve the strength of attribute binding between the information producer and the information based on the security category of the information and other relevant risk factors.

Parameters

au-10.01_odp: strength of binding

Related controls

ac-16, ac-4

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).