← AU-10
AU-10(2) AU · Audit and Accountability

Validate Binding of Information Producer Identity

LOW MODERATE HIGH
1 Overlay 3 Related Controls
Graph
Export ▾

Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Validating the binding of the information producer identity to the information prevents the modification of information between production and review. The validation of bindings can be achieved by, for example, using cryptographic checksums. Organizations determine if validations are in response to user requests or generated automatically.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for AU-10(2) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.

Assessment

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. the frequency at which to validate the binding of the information producer identity to the information is defined;
  2. the actions to be performed in the event of a validation error are defined;
  3. the binding of the information producer identity to the information is validated at <AU-10(02)_ODP[01] frequency>;
  4. <AU-10(02)_ODP[02] actions> in the event of a validation error are performed.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Audit and accountability policy; system security plan; privacy plan; procedures addressing non-repudiation; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; validation records; system audit records; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; system/network administrators; system developers].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing non-repudiation capability].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control AU-10 — see the AU-10(2) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

Not applicable at this tier.

MODERATE

Not applicable at this tier.

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for AU-10(2). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.

Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →

Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.

Policy

  • Audit and accountability policy
  • system security plan
  • privacy plan

Configuration

  • system design documentation
  • system configuration settings and associated documentation

Testing

  • Mechanisms implementing non-repudiation capability

Other Records

  • procedures addressing non-repudiation
  • validation records
  • system audit records
  • other relevant documents or records