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Check: SRG-OS-000358-GPOS-00145

General Purpose Operating System SRG: SRG-OS-000358-GPOS-00145 (in versions v2 r7 through v1 r4)

Title

The operating system must record time stamps for audit records that meet a minimum granularity of one second for a minimum degree of precision. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without sufficient granularity of time stamps, it is not possible to adequately determine the chronological order of records. Time stamps generated by the operating system include date and time. Granularity of time measurements refers to the degree of synchronization between information system clocks and reference clocks.

Check Content

Verify the operating system records time stamps for audit records that meet a minimum granularity of one second for a minimum degree of precision. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the operating system to record time stamps for audit records that meet a minimum granularity of one second for a minimum degree of precision.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-203713r851782_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-203713

Group Title: SRG-OS-000358

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-001889	The information system records time stamps for audit records that meet organization-defined granularity of time measurement.

Controls

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

Number	Title
AU-8	Time Stamps