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Check: SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

General Purpose Operating System SRG: SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224 (in versions v3 r1 through v1 r6)

Title

The operating system must, at a minimum, off-load audit data from interconnected systems in real time and off-load audit data from standalone systems weekly. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

Check Content

Verify the operating system, at a minimum, off-loads interconnected systems in real time and off-loads standalone systems weekly. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the operating system to, at a minimum, off-load interconnected systems in real time and off-load standalone systems weekly.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-203777r959008_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-203777

Group Title: SRG-OS-000479

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-001851	Transfer audit logs per organization-defined frequency to a different system, system component, or media than the system or system component conducting the logging.

Controls

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

Number	Title
AU-4(1)	Transfer to Alternate Storage