Title

The VPN Gateway must generate log records containing information to establish the source of the events. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, security personnel need to know the source of the event. In addition to logging where events occur within the network, the log records must also identify sources of events such as IP addresses, processes, and node or device names.

Check Content

Verify the VPN Gateway generates log records containing information to establish the source of the events. If the VPN Gateway does not generate log records containing information to establish the source of the events, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the VPN Gateway to generate log records containing information to establish the source of the events.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-207199r1038960_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-207199

Group Title: SRG-NET-000089

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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