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AU-16(01) Identity Preservation

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged AU part of AU-16

Title

Identity Preservation

Control

Preserve the identity of individuals in cross-organizational audit trails.

Discussion

Identity preservation is applied when there is a need to be able to trace actions that are performed across organizational boundaries to a specific individual.

Related controls

ia-2, ia-4, ia-5, ia-8

Assessment objective

AU-16(01) the identity of individuals in cross-organizational audit trails is preserved.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

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