The Ubuntu operating system must have a crontab script running weekly to offload audit events of standalone systems.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-238321r959008_rule
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Create a script that offloads audit logs to external media and runs weekly.
The script must be located in the "/etc/cron.weekly" directory.