NIST 800-171 3.5 - Identification and Authentication

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 3.5 - Identification and Authentication report provides links to log searches in the Alert Logic console that help demonstrate compliance with NIST 800-171 Basic Security Requirement 3.5.2.

To access the NIST 800-171 3.5 - Identification and Authentication 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 3.5 - Identification and Authentication.

The report summary page displays two columns. Basic 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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By default, Alert Logic includes (All) values for most filters in the report.

To add or remove filter values:

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

Schedule the report

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Basic Security Requirement 3.5.2

Basic Security Requirement 3.5.2 requires you to authenticate (or verify) the identities of users, processes, or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational systems.

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.