The operating system must support the capability to compile audit records from multiple components within the system into a system-wide (logical or physical) audit trail that is time-correlated to within organization-defined level of tolerance.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-51679	OSX8-00-00230	SV-65889r1_rule		Medium

Description
Audit generation and audit records can be generated from various components within the information system. The list of audited events is the set of events for which audits are to be generated. This set of events is typically a subset of the list of all events for which the system is capable of generating audit records (i.e., auditable events). The events that occur must be time-correlated in order to conduct accurate forensic analysis. In addition, the correlation must meet a certain tolerance criteria. The operating system must be able to have audit events correlated to the level of tolerance determined by the organization.

Description

Audit generation and audit records can be generated from various components within the information system. The list of audited events is the set of events for which audits are to be generated. This set of events is typically a subset of the list of all events for which the system is capable of generating audit records (i.e., auditable events). The events that occur must be time-correlated in order to conduct accurate forensic analysis. In addition, the correlation must meet a certain tolerance criteria. The operating system must be able to have audit events correlated to the level of tolerance determined by the organization.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-53983r2_chk )
To see if the audit daemon is loaded, run the following command: sudo launchctl list \| grep -i com.apple.auditd The result returned should be " - 0 com.apple.auditd". If this is not running, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56477r2_fix)
Configuration of startup processes is done via configuration files for each process or daemon. Make sure the file /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.auditd.plist exists. If not, you may need to obtain a copy from the original installation media.