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Check: WN16-AU-000020

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 STIG: WN16-AU-000020 (in versions v2 r4 through v1 r1)

Title

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

Discussion

Protection of log data includes assuring 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 off-loaded for interconnected systems in real time and off-loaded for standalone systems weekly. If they are not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the system to, at a minimum, off-load audit records of interconnected systems in real time and off-load standalone systems weekly.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-88055r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-73403

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

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-001851	Transfer audit logs per organization-defined frequency to a different system, system component, or media than the system or system component conducting the logging.

Controls

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

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