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RA-05(08) Review Historic Audit Logs

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged RA part of RA-5

Title

Review Historic Audit Logs

Control

Review historic audit logs to determine if a vulnerability identified in a [Assignment: system] has been previously exploited within an [Assignment: time period].

Discussion

Reviewing historic audit logs to determine if a recently detected vulnerability in a system has been previously exploited by an adversary can provide important information for forensic analyses. Such analyses can help identify, for example, the extent of a previous intrusion, the trade craft employed during the attack, organizational information exfiltrated or modified, mission or business capabilities affected, and the duration of the attack.

Parameters

ra-05.08_odp.01: system
ra-05.08_odp.02: time period

Related controls

au-11, au-6

Assessment objective

RA-05(08) historic audit logs are reviewed to determine if a vulnerability identified in a [Assignment: system] has been previously exploited within [Assignment: time period].

STIG rules that implement this control 0

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