Title

AAA Services must be configured to use or map to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to record time stamps for audit records. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by the application include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or local time with an offset from UTC.

Check Content

Verify AAA Services are configured to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records. The audit records must either show UTC time or an offset to UTC time for each entry. If AAA Services are not configured to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure AAA Services to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-95591r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-80881

Group Title: SRG-APP-000374-AAA-000340

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