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The Mainframe Product must generate audit records containing information to establish the identity of any individual or process associated with the event.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Without information that establishes the identity of the subjects (i.e., users or processes acting on behalf of users) associated with the events, security personnel cannot determine responsibility for the potentially harmful event. Event identifiers (if authenticated or otherwise known) include, but are not limited to, user database tables, primary key values, user names, or process identifiers.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-205469r960906_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the Mainframe Product audit records written to external security manager audit files and/or SMF records to contain information to establish the identity of any individual or process associated with the event.