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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.