The operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized modification.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-203617	SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028	SV-203617r557577_rule		Medium

Description
If audit information were to become compromised, then forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impossible to achieve. To ensure the veracity of audit information, the operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized modification. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity.

Description

If audit information were to become compromised, then forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impossible to achieve. To ensure the veracity of audit information, the operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized modification. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide	2022-11-21

Details

Check Text ( C-3742r557575_chk )
Verify the operating system protects audit information from unauthorized modification. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-3742r557576_fix)
Configure the operating system to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.