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OL 8 must notify the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume 75 percent utilization.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches 75 percent utilization, they are unable to plan for audit record storage capacity expansion.

ID
SV-248819r971542_rule
Version
OL08-00-030731
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the operating system to initiate an action to notify the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity by adding/modifying the following line in the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file.

space_left_action = email

Note: Option names and values in the auditd.conf file are case insensitive.