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AU-12 Audit Record Generation

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
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Title

Audit Record Generation

Control

a. Provide audit record generation capability for the event types the system is capable of auditing as defined in [AU-2a](#au-2_smt.a) on [Assignment: system components];
b. Allow [Assignment: personnel or roles] to select the event types that are to be logged by specific components of the system; and
c. Generate audit records for the event types defined in [AU-2c](#au-2_smt.c) that include the audit record content defined in [AU-3](#au-3).

Discussion

Audit records can be generated from many different system components. The event types specified in [AU-2d](#au-2_smt.d) are the event types for which audit logs are to be generated and are a subset of all event types for which the system can generate audit records.

Parameters

au-12_odp.01: system components
au-12_odp.02: personnel or roles

Related controls

ac-17, ac-6, au-14, au-2, au-3, au-4, au-5, au-6, au-7, cm-5, ma-4, mp-4, pm-12, sa-8, sc-18, si-10, si-3, si-4, si-7

STIG rules that implement this control 425

Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) V1R8

Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) V1R4

Application Security and Development V6R5

Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS V2R10

Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 LTS V1R7

Cisco IOS XE Router NDM Y26M04

Google Android 16 COBO Y26M10

Google Android 17 COBO Y26M06

Google Chrome Current Windows V2R11

Microsoft Windows 11 V2R11

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 V2R11

Microsoft Windows Server 2025 V1R4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 V1R3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10