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Central Log Server Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Central Log Server must be configured to notify the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO), at a minimum, when an attack is detected on multiple devices and hosts within its scope of coverage.

    <VulnDiscussion>Notification may be configured to be sent by the device, SNMP server, or Central Log Server. The best practice is for these n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The Central Log Server must be configured to automatically create trouble tickets for organization-defined threats and events of interest as they are detected in real time (within seconds).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In most Central Log Server products today, log review (threat detection), can be automated by creating correlation content ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • For devices and hosts within the scope of coverage, the Central Log Server must be configured to automatically aggregate events that indicate account actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the Central Log Server is configured to filter or remove account log records transmitted by devices and hosts within its s...
    Rule Medium Severity

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