NIST 800-171 3.1 - Access Control

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-171 Audit reports provide documentation and compliance artifacts that help you demonstrate compliance with the requirements outlined by NIST 800-171.

The NIST 800-171 3.1 - Access Control report provides links to log searches in the Alert Logic console that help demonstrate compliance with NIST 800-171 3.1 Derived Security Requirements 3.1.7, 3.1.8, 3.1.11, and 3.1.12.

To access the NIST 800-171 3.1 - Access Control report:

  1. In the Alert Logic console, click the menu icon (), and then click Validate.
  2. Click Reports, and then click Compliance.
  3. Under NIST 800 171 Audit, click VIEW.
  4. Click NIST 800-171 3.1 - Access Control.

The report summary page displays two columns. Derived Security Requirements list specific requirements from the NIST 800-171 family for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in nonfederal systems and organizations. Available Documentation and Artifacts describes and contains links to the documentation and compliance artifacts that this report can generate to meet each requirement.

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  1. Click the drop-down menu in the filter, and then select or clear values.
  2. Click Apply.

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Derived Security Requirement 3.1.7

Derived Security Requirement 3.1.7 requires systems to prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions and capture the execution of such functions in audit logs.

This section provides links to access log searches in the Alert Logic console, where a prepopulated query will search logs for message types related to changing user accounts and groups, elevating user privileges or changing user accounts with root or administrative privileges. For more information about searching log messages, see Get Started with Search.

Derived Security Requirements 3.1.8, 3.1.11, and 3.1.12

Derived Security Requirement 3.1.8 requires systems to limit unsuccessful logon attempts.

Derived Security Requirement 3.1.11 requires systems to terminate (automatically) a user session after a defined condition.

Derived Security Requirement 3.1.12 requires systems to monitor and control remote access sessions.

This section provides links to access the log searches in the Alert Logic console, where a prepopulated query will search logs for messages containing "Login failed", "Login Failure", or "Login Denied". For more information about searching log messages, see Get Started with Search.