Term:Accountability

CNSSI 4009

Accountability - (IS) Process of tracing IS activities to a responsible source. ( COMSEC) Principle that an individual is entrusted to safeguard and control equipment, keying material, and information and is answerable to proper authority for the loss or misuse of that equipment or information.

DSS Glossary

Accountability - Assigning of a document control number (including copy number) used for establishing responsibility for the document and permits traceability and disposition of the document.

GAO-09-232G

Accountability - The security goal that generates the requirement for actions of an entity to be traced uniquely to that entity. This supports non- repudiation, deterrence, fault isolation, intrusion detection and prevention, and afteraction recovery and legal action.

NIST IR 7298

Accountability - The security goal that generates the requirement for actions of an entity to be traced uniquely to that entity. This supports non- repudiation, deterrence, fault isolation, intrusion detection and prevention, and after-action recovery and legal action. SOURCE: SP 800-27A

NIST SP 800-27rA

Accountability - The security goal that generates the requirement for actions of an entity to be traced uniquely to that entity. This supports non- repudiation, deterrence, fault isolation, intrusion detection and prevention, and after action recovery and legal action.

NIST SP 800-30

Accountability - The security goal that generates the requirement for actions of an entity to be traced uniquely to that entity. This supports nonrepudiation, deterrence, fault isolation, intrusion detection and prevention, and after-action recovery and legal action.

NIST SP 800-33

Accountability - The security objective that generates the requirement for actions of an entity to be traced uniquely to that entity. This supports non- repudiation, deterrence, fault isolation, intrusion detection and prevention, and after-action recovery and legal action.

NIST SP 800-57P1

Accountability - A property that ensures that the actions of an entity may be traced uniquely to that entity.

NIST SP 800-57P2

Accountability - A property that ensures that the actions of an entity may be traced uniquely to that entity.

NSTISSI 1000

Accountability - Property that allows the ability to identify, verify, and trace system entities as well as changes in their status. Accountability is considered to include authenticity and non- repudiation. (NSTISSI No. 4009 - Process allowing auditing of IS activities to be traced to a source that may then be held responsible.)