AU-1 Policy and Procedures

a. Develop, document, and disseminate to organization-defined personnel or roles: 1. Selection (one or more): organization-level; mission/business process-level; system-level audit and accountability policy that: (a) Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and (b) Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and 2. Procedures to facilitate the implementation of the audit and accountability policy and the associated audit and accountability controls; b. Designate an organization-defined official to manage the development, documentation, and dissemination of the audit and accountability policy and procedures; and c. Review and update the current audit and accountability: 1. Policy organization-defined frequency and following organization-defined events; and 2. Procedures organization-defined frequency and following organization-defined events.

Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, AU-1. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 in the compliance library.

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