Title

The operating system must initiate session audits at system start-up. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.

Check Content

Verify the operating system initiates session audits at system start-up. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the operating system to initiate session audits at system start-up.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-203670r991555_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-203670

Group Title: SRG-OS-000254

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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