The application server must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the sources of the events.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-35170	SRG-APP-000098-AS-000061	SV-46457r1_rule		Low

Description
Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Audit record content that may be necessary to satisfy the requirement of this control includes, but is not limited to, time stamps, source and destination IP addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, application specific events, success/fail indications, filenames involved, access control or flow control rules invoked. Without information establishing the source of activity, the value of audit records from a forensics perspective is questionable. Examples of activity sources include, but are not limited to, application process sources such as one process affecting another process, user related activity, and activity resulting from remote network system access (IP addresses).

Description

Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Audit record content that may be necessary to satisfy the requirement of this control includes, but is not limited to, time stamps, source and destination IP addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, application specific events, success/fail indications, filenames involved, access control or flow control rules invoked. Without information establishing the source of activity, the value of audit records from a forensics perspective is questionable. Examples of activity sources include, but are not limited to, application process sources such as one process affecting another process, user related activity, and activity resulting from remote network system access (IP addresses).

STIG	Date
Application Server Security Requirements Guide	2013-01-08

Details

Check Text ( C-43552r1_chk )
Review AS documentation and the audit logs on the AS to determine if the logs contain information that establishes the sources of event data. If the AS is not configured to meet this requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39720r1_fix)
Configure the AS auditing system to log event source data.