Title

Security auditing must be enabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Auditing is the capture and maintenance of information about security-related events. Auditing helps determine the causes and the methods used for successful and failed access attempts.

Check Content

Open a terminal session and run the following command. sudo launchctl list Verify "com.apple.auditd" appears. If the file does not appear, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Open a terminal session and run the following command. sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.auditd.plist

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-38520r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-25268

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Expert Comments

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