The Palo Alto Networks security platform must produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the event, including, at a minimum, originating source address.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Associating the source of the event with detected events in the logs provides a means of investigating an attack or suspected attack. While auditing and logging are closely related, they are not the same. Logging is recording data about events that take place in a system, while auditing is the use of log records to identify security-relevant information such as system or user accesses. In short, log records are audited to establish an accurate history. Without logging, it would be impossible to establish an audit trail. Palo Alto Networks security platform has four options for the source of log records - "FQDN", "hostname", "ipv4-address", and "ipv6-address". This requirement only allows the use of "ipv4-address" and "ipv6-address" as options.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-207689r767016_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Set a unique hostname.
Go to Device >> Setup >> Management
In the "General Settings" window, select the "Edit" icon (the gear symbol in the upper-right corner of the pane).
In the "General Settings" window, in the "hostname" field; enter a unique hostname.
Select "OK".