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ESX Agent Manager must generate log records for system startup and shutdown.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Logging must be started as soon as possible when a service starts and as late as possible when a service is stopped. Many forms of suspicious actions can be detected by analyzing logs for unexpected service starts and stops. Also, by starting to log immediately after a service starts, it becomes more difficult for suspicious activity to go unlogged.

ID
SV-256678r888590_rule
Version
VCEM-70-000006
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware/vmware-vmon/svcCfgfiles/eam.json

Below the last line of the "PreStartCommandArg" block, add the following line: