# AU-12 Audit Record Generation — NIST 800-53 Rev5 control

> FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 v2026.07.14.01 · updated 2026-07-14
> Canonical page: /control/au-12

Canonical id: `au-12` · family `AU`

> a. Provide audit record generation capability for the event types the system is capable of auditing as defined in [AU-2a](#au-2_smt.a) on [system components]; b. Allow [personnel or roles] to select the event types that are to be logged by specific components of the system; and c. Generate audit records for the event types defined in [AU-2c](#au-2_smt.c) that include the audit record content defined in [AU-3](#au-3).

_Control title and statement: NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 catalog (the pinned commit is in `/api` under `control_text`). The FedRAMP rules reference these controls by id only; everything below is what FedRAMP says about this id._

## Rev5 baseline membership

- certification class B (in the annual independent assessment)
- certification class C (in the annual independent assessment)
- certification class D (in the annual independent assessment)

## Key Security Indicators that reach it

- `KSI-MLA-LET` — Logging Event Types (Monitoring, Logging, and Auditing)
  A list of information resources and event types that will be logged, monitored, and audited is maintained and persistently reviewed to ensure these activities occur.

## FedRAMP guidance

{
  "parameters": [
    {
      "parameterId": "au-12_odp.01",
      "value": "at least all information system and network components where audit capability is deployed/available"
    }
  ]
}

## Annual independent assessment

In the annual assessment subset for class B, C, D.