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Check: WN16-AU-000020

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 STIG: WN16-AU-000020 (in versions v2 r8 through v2 r5)

Title

Windows Server 2016 must, at a minimum, offload audit records of interconnected systems in real time and offload standalone or nondomain-joined systems weekly. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Protection of log data includes ensuring the log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Audit information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.

Check Content

Verify the audit records, at a minimum, are offloaded for interconnected systems in real time and offloaded for standalone or nondomain-joined systems weekly. If they are not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the system to, at a minimum, offload audit records of interconnected systems in real time and offload standalone or nondomain-joined systems weekly.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-224876r860019_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-224876

Group Title: SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-001851	The information system off-loads audit records per organization-defined frequency onto a different system or media than the system being audited.

Controls

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

Number	Title
AU-4 (1)	Transfer To Alternate Storage