MDR MSSP Provider Services: Meet FedRamp AU-2 Audit Control with Elastic Security | Managed Cyber Security Services
As organizations move to the cloud, the importance of security and compliance becomes paramount. A MSSP or MDR provider can provide a service to help your company bridge this gap. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government program that provides a standardized approach to security assessments, approvals, and continuous monitoring of cloud services. One of the requirements for FedRAMP compliance is the implementation of AU-2 audit controls. This blog post explains how to use Elastic Security to meet AU-2 audit controls.
What is the FedRAMP AU-2 Audit Control? AU-2 is a FedRAMP control that requires organizations to implement audit trails to track and record security-related events in cloud environments. This includes creating, modifying, or deleting user accounts, accessing sensitive data, and other security-related events. Audit trails must be retained for at least 90 days and must be available for review by authorized personnel.
How does Elastic Security help meet AU-2 audit controls?
Elastic Security is a cloud-based security solution that helps organizations meet AU-2 audit controls. Elastic Security offers the following features to help your organization achieve compliance:
Audit logs: Elastic Security can collect logs from various sources, including cloud platforms, servers, and applications. This feature enables organizations to track and record security-related events in cloud environments.
Log Retention: Elastic Security allows organizations to retain audit logs for a minimum of 90 days. This feature enables audit trails to be reviewed by authorized personnel.
Log Analysis: Elastic Security provides advanced analytics capabilities to analyze audit logs for potential security threats. This feature helps organizations detect and respond to security incidents in real time.
Access control: Elastic Security provides role-based access control (RBAC) to restrict access to audit logs. RBAC ensures that only authorized personnel have access to audit logs and maintains the confidentiality and integrity of audit trails.
Automation: Elastic Security provides automation capabilities to reduce the manual work involved in implementing and maintaining security controls. This feature helps organizations achieve compliance more efficiently and effectively.
Conclusion
FedRAMP compliance is important for organizations that handle sensitive government data. Meeting AU-2 audit controls is a key requirement for FedRAMP compliance. Elastic Security helps organizations meet AU-2 audit controls by providing audit logging, log retention, log analysis, access control, and automation capabilities. By leveraging Elastic Security, the organization can more efficiently and effectively achieve his FedRAMP compliance and ensure the security and confidentiality of government data. HostBreach is a MSSP/MDR provider that can assist in helping your company navigate these challenges.