Administrator audit logging must be enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-33609	Exch-2-823	SV-44029r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Unauthorized or malicious data changes can compromise the integrity and usefulness of the data. Automated attacks or malicious users with elevated privileges have the ability to affect change using the same mechanisms as email administrators. Auditing changes to access mechanisms not only supports accountability and non-repudiation for those authorized to define the environment but also enables investigation of changes made by others who may not be authorized. Note: This administrator auditing feature audits all exchange changes regardless of the users' assigned role or permissions.

Description

Unauthorized or malicious data changes can compromise the integrity and usefulness of the data. Automated attacks or malicious users with elevated privileges have the ability to affect change using the same mechanisms as email administrators. Auditing changes to access mechanisms not only supports accountability and non-repudiation for those authorized to define the environment but also enables investigation of changes made by others who may not be authorized. Note: This administrator auditing feature audits all exchange changes regardless of the users' assigned role or permissions.

STIG	Date
Exchange 2010 Edge Transport Server STIG	2013-01-03

Details

Check Text ( C-41716r1_chk )
Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Get-AdminAuditLogConfig \| Select AdminAuditLogEnabled If the value of 'AdminAuditLogEnabled' is not set to 'True', this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-37501r1_fix)
Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Set-AdminAuditLogConfig -AdminAuditLogEnabled $true