The operating system must employ automated mechanisms to alert security personnel of any organization-defined inappropriate or unusual activities with security implications.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-51389	OSX8-00-00875	SV-65599r1_rule		Medium

Description
Successful incident response and auditing relies on timely, accurate system information and analysis in order to allow the organization to identify and respond to potential incidents in a proficient manner. Automated alarming mechanisms provide the appropriate personnel with the capability to immediately respond and react to events categorized as unusual or having security implications that could be detrimental to system and/or organizational security.

Description

Successful incident response and auditing relies on timely, accurate system information and analysis in order to allow the organization to identify and respond to potential incidents in a proficient manner. Automated alarming mechanisms provide the appropriate personnel with the capability to immediately respond and react to events categorized as unusual or having security implications that could be detrimental to system and/or organizational security.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG	2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53725r1_chk )
Ask the SA or IAO if a host-based security system is loaded on the system. The recommended system is the McAfee HBSS. If there is no HBSS installed on the system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56187r1_fix)
If they system does not have the HBSS package installed, contact the HBSS administrator to obtain installer package for the software.