Title

The audit system must be configured to audit all administrative, privileged, and security actions. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.

Check Content

Check the system configuration to determine if all administrative, privileged, and security actions are audited. If any of these categories of events is not audited, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the system to audit all administrative, privileged, and security actions.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-816r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-816

Group Title: GEN002760

Expert Comments

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