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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The operating system must provide the capability for assigned IMOs/ISSOs or designated SAs to change the auditing to be performed on all operating system components, based on all selectable event criteria in near real time.

    <VulnDiscussion>If authorized individuals do not have the ability to modify auditing parameters in response to a changing threat environment,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000341

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  • The operating system must allocate audit record storage capacity to store at least one week's worth of audit records, when audit records are not immediately sent to a central audit record storage facility.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to ensure operating systems have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, operating systems n...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000342

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    Group
  • The operating system must offload audit records onto a different system or media from 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 Low Severity

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