The FortiGate device must off-load audit records on to a different system or media than the system being audited.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-234181	FGFW-ND-000110	SV-234181r628777_rule		Medium

Description
Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Offloading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

STIG	Date
Fortinet FortiGate Firewall NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-01-29

Details

Check Text ( C-37366r611730_chk )

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege. 1. Click Log and Report. 2. Click Log Settings. 3. Scroll down to Remote Logging and Archiving. 4. Verify FortiAnalyzer/FortiManager is configured with appropriate IP address. 5. Verify Send logs to syslog is configured with appropriate IP address. If FortiGate is not logging to disk and at least two central audit servers, this is a finding. or Open a CLI console, via SSH or available from the GUI.: 1. Run the following commands: # show full-configuration log fortianalyzer setting | grep server # show full-configuration log fortianalyzer2 setting | grep server # show full-configuration log fortianalyzer3 setting | grep server # show full-configuration log syslogd setting | grep server # show full-configuration log syslogd2 setting | grep server # show full-configuration log syslogd3 setting | grep server # show full-configuration log syslogd4 setting | grep server If FortiGate is not logging to disk and at least two central audit servers, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-37331r611731_fix)

For audit log resilience, it is recommended to log to the local FortiGate disk, and two central audit servers. To configure this, log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege. 1. Click Log and Report. 2. Click Log Settings. To add a FortiAnalyzer server: 3. Scroll to Remote Logging and Archiving, toggle the Send logs to FortiAnalyzer/FortiManager setting and enter the appropriate IP address. To add a syslog server: 4. Scroll to Remote Logging and Archiving, toggle the Send logs to syslog setting, and enter the appropriate IP address. 5. Click Apply to save the settings. or 1. Open a CLI console, via SSH or available from the GUI. 2. Run the following command: # config log fortianalyzer setting # set status enable # set server {IP Address} # set upload-option realtime # end # config log syslogd setting # set status enable # set server {IP Address} # set mode reliable # end Note: The central audit server can be a FortiAnalyzer, a syslog server, or one of each.