The application server must automatically process audit records for events of interest based upon selectable, event criteria.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-35199	SRG-APP-000115-AS-000075	SV-46486r1_rule		Medium

Description
Audit reduction is used to reduce the volume of audit records in order to facilitate manual review. Before a security review information systems and/or applications with an audit reduction capability may remove many audit records known to have little security significance. This is generally accomplished by removing records generated by specified classes of events, such as records generated by nightly backups or other events deemed inconsequential to the investigation. Audit reduction does not alter or delete original audit records. When conducting a security review, time is often of the essence. A manual audit reduction capability is too time consuming. The AS must provide an automated audit reduction capability that automatically filters out events based upon a selection of available event types.

Description

Audit reduction is used to reduce the volume of audit records in order to facilitate manual review. Before a security review information systems and/or applications with an audit reduction capability may remove many audit records known to have little security significance. This is generally accomplished by removing records generated by specified classes of events, such as records generated by nightly backups or other events deemed inconsequential to the investigation. Audit reduction does not alter or delete original audit records. When conducting a security review, time is often of the essence. A manual audit reduction capability is too time consuming. The AS must provide an automated audit reduction capability that automatically filters out events based upon a selection of available event types.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-43574r1_chk )
Review the AS product documentation and management interface to determine if the AS provides the ability to filter out audit events based upon event criteria. If the AS does not provide the ability to filter out audit events based upon event criteria, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39744r1_fix)
Configure the AS to filter out events based upon selectable event criteria.