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The Mainframe Product must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Without establishing when events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment, and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know when events occurred (date and time). Associating event types with detected events in the application and audit logs provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured application.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-205465r395724_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 that details when (date and time) the events occurred.