AAA Services must be configured to use or map to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to record time stamps for audit records.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-80881	SRG-APP-000374-AAA-000340	SV-95591r1_rule		Medium

Description
If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by the application include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or local time with an offset from UTC.

STIG	Date
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Services (AAA) Security Requirements Guide	2019-12-12

Details

Check Text ( C-80617r1_chk )
Verify AAA Services are configured to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records. The audit records must either show UTC time or an offset to UTC time for each entry. If AAA Services are not configured to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-87735r1_fix)
Configure AAA Services to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records.