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Central Log Server Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000292

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  • For devices and hosts within its scope of coverage, the Central Log Server must be configured to notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) when account modification events are received.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When application accounts are modified, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are used for identifying individual users or...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000293

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  • For devices and hosts within its scope of coverage, the Central Log Server must notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) when events indicating account disabling actions are received.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When application accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are used for identifying individual users or...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000294

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  • The Central Log Server must compare the internal system clocks on an organization-defined frequency with organization-defined authoritative time source.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Synchronization of internal system clocks with an authoritative source provides uniformity of time stamps for systems with mu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • For devices and hosts within its scope of coverage, the Central Log Server must notify the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) when events indicating account removal actions are received.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When application accounts are removed, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are used for identifying users or for identif...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000358

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  • The Central Log Server must be configured to off-load log records onto a different system or media than the system being audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000359

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  • The Central Log Server must be configured to send an immediate alert to the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) when allocated log record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum log record storage capacity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If security personnel are not notified immediately upon storage volume utilization reaching 75 percent, they are unable to pl...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000360

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  • For the host and devices within its scope of coverage, the Central Log Server must be configured to send a real-time alert to the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) of all audit failure events, such as loss of communications with hosts and devices, or if log records are no longer being received.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000362

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  • The Central Log Server must be configured to perform on-demand sorting of log records for events of interest based on the content of organization-defined audit fields within log records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ability to sort the log records to better view events of interest provides the persons reviewing the logs with the abilit...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000363

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  • The Central Log Server must be configured to perform audit reduction that supports on-demand audit review and analysis.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ability to perform on-demand audit review and analysis, including after the audit data has been subjected to audit reduct...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000365

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  • The Central Log Server must be configured to perform audit reduction that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the audit reduction capability does not support after-the-fact investigations, it is difficult to establish, correlate, an...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000366

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