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AU-5(4)Response To Audit Processing Failures

Technical

>Control Description

RESPONSE TO AUDIT PROCESSING FAILURES | SHUTDOWN ON FAILURE The information system invokes a full system shutdown; partial system shutdown; degraded operational mode with limited mission/business functionality available in the event of organization-defined audit failures, unless an alternate audit capability exists.

>Supplemental Guidance

Organizations determine the types of audit failures that can trigger automatic information system shutdowns or degraded operations. Because of the importance of ensuring mission/business continuity, organizations may determine that the nature of the audit failure is not so severe that it warrants a complete shutdown of the information system supporting the core organizational missions/business operations. In those instances, partial information system shutdowns or operating in a degraded mode with reduced capability may be viable alternatives.

Related control: AU-15.

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