Title

The ALG must produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, security personnel need to know the source of the event. In addition to logging where events occur within the network, the audit records must also identify sources of events such as IP addresses, processes, and node or device names. This requirement does not apply to audit logs generated on behalf of the device itself (management).

Check Content

Verify the ALG produces audit records containing information to establish the source of the events. If the ALG does not produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the ALG to produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-68669r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-54423

Group Title: SRG-NET-000077-ALG-000046

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.