Title

The auditd service must be running in TOSS. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Configuring TOSS to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across the DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.

Check Content

Verify the audit service is enabled and active with the following commands: $ sudo systemctl is-enabled auditd enabled $ sudo systemctl is-active auditd active If the service is not "enabled" and "active" this is a finding.

Fix Text

Start the auditd service and enable the auditd service with the following commands: $ sudo systemctl start auditd.service $ sudo systemctl enable auditd.service

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-253051r991589_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-253051

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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