The DBMS must include organization-defined additional, more detailed information in the audit records for audit events identified by type, location, or subject.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-219760r879569_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000135
Updated: 9 months ago


Either configure the DBMS's auditing to audit organization-defined auditable events; or if preferred, use a third-party or custom tool. The tool must provide the minimum capability to audit the required events.

If using a third-party product, proceed in accordance with the product documentation. If using Oracle's capabilities, proceed as follows.

Use this query to ensure auditable events are captured:ALTER SYSTEM SET AUDIT_TRAIL=<audit trail type> SCOPE=SPFILE;
Audit trail type can be "OS", "DB", "DB,EXTENDED", "XML" or "XML,EXTENDED".
After executing this statement, it may be necessary to shut down and restart the Oracle database.

If the organization-defined additional audit requirements are not covered by the default audit options, deploy and configure Fine-Grained Auditing. For details, refer to Oracle documentation, at the location above.  

For more information on the configuration of auditing, please refer to "Auditing Database Activity" in the Oracle Database 2 Day + Security Guide:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e10575/tdpsg_auditing.htm
and "Verifying Security Access with Auditing" in the Oracle Database Security Guide: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/network.112/e36292/auditing.htm#DBSEG006
and "27 DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT" in the Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e40758/d_audit_mgmt.htm

The DBMS must include organization-defined additional, more detailed information in the audit records for audit events identified by type, location, or subject.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure