Identity Preservation
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Preserve the identity of individuals in cross-organizational audit trails.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
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.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for AU-16(1) 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
Assessment Objectives
- the identity of individuals in cross-organizational audit trails is preserved.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Audit and accountability policy; system security plan; privacy plan; procedures addressing cross-organizational audit trails; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with cross-organizational audit responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing cross-organizational auditing (if applicable)].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for AU-16(1). 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.
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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 cross-organizational auditing (if applicable)
Other Records
- procedures addressing cross-organizational audit trails
- system audit records
- other relevant documents or records