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The HYCU virtual appliance must automatically audit account creation.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Upon gaining access to a network device, an attacker will often first attempt to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is to create a new account. Notification of account creation helps to mitigate this risk. Auditing account creation provides the necessary reconciliation that account management procedures are being followed. Without this audit trail, personnel without the proper authorization may gain access to critical network nodes.

ID
SV-268231r1038648_rule
Version
HYCU-ND-000130
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Log in to the HYCU VM console and load the STIG audit rules by using the following commands:

1. cp /usr/share/audit/sample-rules/10-base-config.rules /usr/share/audit/sample-rules/30-stig.rules /usr/share/audit/sample-rules/31-privileged.rules /usr/share/audit/sample-rules/99-finalize.rules /etc/audit/rules.d/

2. augenrules --load