What this requirement asks
Alert in the event of an audit logging process failure.
This is a CMMC Level 2 requirement in the Audit & Accountability family, drawn from NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2. An assessor evaluates it objective by objective — every objective below must be supported by evidence, not just described in a policy.
Assessment objectives (3)
- 3.3.4[a] — personnel or roles to be alerted in the event of an audit logging process failure are identified
- 3.3.4[b] — types of audit logging process failures for which alert will be generated are defined
- 3.3.4[c] — identified personnel or roles are alerted in the event of an audit logging process failure
What an assessor examines
Examine:
- Audit and accountability policy
- procedures addressing response to audit logging processing failures
- system design documentation
- system security plan
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
- list of personnel to be notified in case of an audit logging processing failure
- system incident reports
- system audit logs and records
- other relevant documents or records
Interview:
- Personnel with audit and accountability responsibilities
- personnel with information security responsibilities
- system or network administrators
- system developers
Test:
- Mechanisms implementing system response to audit logging process failures
Evidence that defends it
Show alert rule + sample alert/ticket
Check your readiness
Score this requirement against your own environment with the Level 2 self-assessment checklist, or estimate your SPRS score with the free CMMC compliance tool. Self-reported answers are planning signals only — they do not establish a verified or assessor-accepted result.