Audit records content must contain valid information to allow for proper incident reporting.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The content of audit data must validate that the information contains: User IDs Successful and unsuccessful attempts to access security files (e.g., audit records, password files, access control files, etc) Date and time of the event Type of event Success or failure of event Successful and unsuccessful logons Denial of access resulting from excessive number of logon attempts Failure to not contain this information may hamper attempts to trace events and not allow proper tracking of incidents during a forensic investigation</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-256887r958412_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Have the System Administrator check the content of audit records.
Use the View Console Events task to view security logs and validate that it has the following information:
User IDs
Successful and unsuccessful attempts to access security files (e.g., audit records, password files, access control files, etc)