The Apache web server must not impede the ability to write specified log record content to an audit log server.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-92717	AS24-U1-000720	SV-102805r1_rule		Medium

Description
Writing events to a centralized management audit system offers many benefits to the enterprise over having dispersed logs. Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, enterprise analysis of events, and backup and archiving of event records enterprise-wide. The web server and related components are required to be capable of writing logs to centralized audit log servers.

Description

Writing events to a centralized management audit system offers many benefits to the enterprise over having dispersed logs. Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, enterprise analysis of events, and backup and archiving of event records enterprise-wide. The web server and related components are required to be capable of writing logs to centralized audit log servers.

STIG	Date
Apache Server 2.4 UNIX Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-05-23

Details

Check Text ( C-92021r1_chk )
Work with SIEM administrator to determine audit configurations. If there is a setting within the SIEM that could impede the ability to write specific log record content, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-98959r1_fix)
Work with the SIEM administrator to allow the ability to write specified log record content to an audit log server.