The ISSO must ensure application audit trails are retained for at least 1 year for applications without SAMI data, and 5 years for applications including SAMI data.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-70295	APSC-DV-002900	SV-84917r1_rule		Medium

Description
Log files are a requirement to trace intruder activity or to audit user activity.

STIG	Date
Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-12-24

Details

Check Text ( C-70771r1_chk )
Verify a process is in place to retain application audit log files for one year and five years for SAMI data. If audit logs have not been retained for one year or five years for SAMI data, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-76531r1_fix)
Retain application audit log files for one year and five years for SAMI data.