Device Class 1: Time Stamps
Control ID: AU-8 Time Stamps | Family: Audit and Accountability | Source: NIST 800-53r4 | |||||||||||||||
Control: The information system:
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Supplemental Guidance: Time stamps generated by the information system include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC. Granularity of time measurements refers to the degree of synchronization between information system clocks and reference clocks, for example, clocks synchronizing within hundreds of milliseconds or within tens of milliseconds. Organizations may define different time granularities for different system components. Time service can also be critical to other security capabilities such as access control and identification and authentication, depending on the nature of the mechanisms used to support those capabilities. Related Controls: AU-3, AU-12 |
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Control Enhancements:
(1) Time Stamps | Synchronization With Authoritative Time Source The information system:
Supplemental Guidance: This control enhancement provides uniformity of time stamps for information systems with multiple system clocks and systems connected over a network. Related Controls: N/A |
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References: N/A | |||||||||||||||||
Mechanisms:
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Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements:
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