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The Cisco IOS XE router must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-74047 CISR-ND-000103 SV-88721r2_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), a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC.
STIG Date
Cisco IOS XE Release 3 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide 2018-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-74137r4_chk )
Verify that the Cisco IOS XE router time stamps for audit logs can be mapped to UTC or GMT by using the show logging command.

The configuration should look similar to the following example:

clock timezone MST -7 0
service timestamps datetime localtime

If the time stamps cannot be map to UTC or GMT, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-80589r3_fix)
Configure the timezone for the local time, then map the time stamps back to UCT or GMT.

The configuration should look similar to the example below:

clock timezone MST -7 0
service timestamps datetime localtime