The DBMS must allow designated organizational personnel to select which auditable events are to be audited by the database.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-32363	SRG-APP-000090-DB-000065	SV-42700r1_rule		Medium

Description
The list of audited events is the set of events for which audits are to be generated. This set of events is typically a subset of the list of all events for which the system is capable of generating audit records (i.e., auditable events, timestamps, source and destination addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, success/fail indications, file names involved, and access control or flow control rules invoked). If the list of auditable events is not configurable, events that should be caught by auditing may be missed. This may allow malicious activity to be overlooked.

Description

The list of audited events is the set of events for which audits are to be generated. This set of events is typically a subset of the list of all events for which the system is capable of generating audit records (i.e., auditable events, timestamps, source and destination addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, success/fail indications, file names involved, and access control or flow control rules invoked). If the list of auditable events is not configurable, events that should be caught by auditing may be missed. This may allow malicious activity to be overlooked.

STIG	Date
Database Security Requirements Guide	2012-07-02

Details

Check Text ( C-40805r1_chk )
Check DBMS settings and documentation to determine whether designated personnel are able to select which auditable events are being audited. If designated personnel are not able to configure auditable events, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-36278r1_fix)
Configure the DBMS’s settings to allow designated personnel to select which auditable events are audited.