# AU-06 Audit Record Review, Analysis, and Reporting — NIST 800-53 Rev5 control

> FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 v2026.07.14.01 · updated 2026-07-14
> Canonical page: /control/au-6

Canonical id: `au-6` · family `AU`

> a. Review and analyze system audit records [frequency] for indications of [inappropriate or unusual activity] and the potential impact of the inappropriate or unusual activity; b. Report findings to [personnel or roles]; and c. Adjust the level of audit record review, analysis, and reporting within the system when there is a change in risk based on law enforcement information, intelligence information, or other credible sources of information.

_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-RVL` — Reviewing Logs (Monitoring, Logging, and Auditing)
  Logs are persistently reviewed and audited.

## FedRAMP guidance

{
  "guidance": [
    "This activity is considered vulnerability detection and is subject to the Vulnerability Detection and Response rules."
  ]
}

## Annual independent assessment

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