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Symantec ProxySG must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Without establishing where events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as network element components, modules, device identifiers, node names, and functionality. Associating information about where the event occurred within the network provides a means of investigating an attack, recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or identifying an improperly configured network element. This requirement does not apply to audit logs generated on behalf of the device itself (management).</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-104203r1_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the ProxySG to log user web traffic for auditing that includes where the event occurred.

1. Log on to the Web Management Console.
2. Browse to "Configuration", click "Access Logging", check "Enable Access Logging", and click "Apply".
3. Browse to "Access Logging", click "General", and note which Default Log is indicated for the HTTP protocol ("main" by default).
4. Click "Formats", select the "Default Log" from step 3, and click "Edit/View".