TOSS 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.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>In order to ensure TOSS systems have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, TOSS needs to be able to allocate audit record storage capacity. The task of allocating audit record storage capacity is usually performed during initial installation of TOSS. If an external logging system is used to aggregate and store logs for at least one week, this requirement is Not Applicable.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-253031r958752_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Allocate enough storage capacity for at least one week of audit records when audit records are not immediately sent to a central audit record storage facility.
If audit records are stored on a partition made specifically for audit records, resize the partition with sufficient space to contain one week of audit records.
If audit records are not stored on a partition made specifically for audit records, a new partition with sufficient space will need be to be created.