Title

Audit records must include what type of events occurred. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without proper system auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked, and malicious activity cannot be detected and traced back to an individual account.

Check Content

The Audit Configuration profile is required. This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing. # zonename If the command output is "global", this check applies. Check the status of the audit system. It must be auditing. # pfexec auditconfig -getcond If this command does not report: audit condition = auditing this is a finding.

Fix Text

The Audit Control profile is required. This action applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing. # zonename If the command output is "global", this action applies. If auditing has been disabled, it must be enabled with the following command: # pfexec audit -s

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-216253r603267_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-216253

Group Title: SRG-OS-000037

Expert Comments

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