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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide
SRG-OS-000461
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur. An XCCDF Rule
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.
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