Title

The operating system must generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).

Check Content

Verify the operating system generates audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the operating system to generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-203768r381475_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-203768

Group Title: SRG-OS-000471

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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