# AU-07 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation

NIST SP 800-53 control. Family: AU Audit and Accountability. Function: detective. Baselines: moderate, high. Mapping licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

Statement: Provide and implement an audit record reduction and report generation capability that: a. Supports on-demand audit record review, analysis, and reporting requirements and after-the-fact investigations of incidents; and b. Does not alter the original content or time ordering of audit records.
Guidance: Audit record reduction is a process that manipulates collected audit log information and organizes it into a summary format that is more meaningful to analysts. Audit record reduction and report generation capabilities do not always emanate from the same system or from the same organizational entities that conduct audit logging activities. The audit record reduction capability includes modern data mining techniques with advanced data filters to identify anomalous behavior in audit records. The report generation capability provided by the system can generate customizable reports. Time ordering of audit records can be an issue if the granularity of the timestamp in the record is insufficient.

## Enhancements (1)
- AU-07(01) Automatic Processing. Baselines: moderate, high
Withdrawn by NIST: AU-07(02) (now in AU-07(01)).
Each enhancement's statement: /api/v1/controls/AU-07?fields=enhancements

## Patterns that use it (3)
- Important (2): SP-008 Public Web Server Pattern; SP-031 Security Monitoring and Response
- Standard (1): SP-016 DMZ Module

## Clauses by framework (49 frameworks)
- iso_27001_2022: 7.5, A.8.15. OSA's own, not in NIST's crosswalk: 7.5, A.8.15
- iso_27002_2022: 8.15
- nist_csf_2: PR.PS-04, RS.AN-03, RS.AN-06, RS.AN-07
- cis_controls_v8: CIS 8
- soc2_tsc: CC7.2, CC7.3
- iso_42001_2023: A.6.2.8
- bsi_grundschutz: OPS.1.1.5
- anssi: Hygiene.29, SecNumCloud.13.7
- osfi_b13: B-13.3.3
- finma_circular: IV.C(66), IV.C(67)
- gdpr: Art.5(2), Art.30(1)
- dora: Art.10(1)
- bio2: 8.15
- rbi_csf: Annex1.16, ITGRCA.15
- fisc: FISC.O11
- lgpd_bcb: BCB.Art.20
- mlps_2: 8.1.5.2
- cbb_tm: TM-12
- cbuae: CR-3
- nca_ecc: 2-12
- qatar_nia: IM, OS
- uae_ia: T7
- bog_cisd: CISD-VII
- bom_ctrm: 4.2
- cbe_csf: CD-1
- cbn_csf: Part3.5
- sa_js2: JS2-7.3
- bcbs_239: Principle 7, Principle 9
- bot_cyber: Ch3.1
- cpmi_pfmi: CG.DE
- eba_ict: 3.4.5
- ecb_croe: CROE.2.4
- ffiec_is: III.B, IV.A.4
- hipaa_sr: §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), §164.312(b)
- iosco_cyber: DET-1
- nydfs_500: 500.6
- sebi_cscrf: DE.AU
- cmmc_2: AU
- common_criteria: CC Part 2 — FAU
- isae_3402: Clause 10
- fca_sysc_13: SYSC 13.7.5
- fda_21_cfr_11: §11.10(e)
- hitrust_csf: 09.g
- iso_27799: 12.4
- lloyds_ms: MS8.12
- naic_ds: 4-audit, 5
- pra_ss1_23: P-IT.2
- sec_custody_digital: SEC-CD-15
- dpdpa: Rules.6(1)(c)
OSA's mapping for iso_27001_2022 and nist_csf_2 takes NIST's published crosswalk as its base. A clause not marked as OSA's own is in that crosswalk.

## More
- This control as JSON, with guidance and ATT&CK techniques: /api/v1/controls/AU-07
- Clauses only: /api/v1/controls/AU-07?fields=mappings
- Page for people: /controls/au-07/