The Ubuntu operating system must have a crontab script running weekly to off-load audit events of standalone systems.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.
- ID
- SV-219154r853362_rule
- Version
- UBTU-18-010008
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Create a script which off-loads audit logs to external media and runs weekly.
Script must be located into the /etc/cron.weekly directory.