The operating system must provide an audit reduction capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-57255	SRG-OS-000349-GPOS-00137	SV-71515r1_rule		Medium

Description
If the audit reduction capability does not support after-the-fact investigations, it is difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack or identify those responses for one. This capability is also required to comply with applicable Federal laws and DoD policies. Audit reduction capability must support after-the-fact investigations of security incidents either natively or through the use of third-party tools. This requirement is specific to operating systems with audit reduction capabilities.

Description

If the audit reduction capability does not support after-the-fact investigations, it is difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack or identify those responses for one. This capability is also required to comply with applicable Federal laws and DoD policies. Audit reduction capability must support after-the-fact investigations of security incidents either natively or through the use of third-party tools. This requirement is specific to operating systems with audit reduction capabilities.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System SRG	2015-06-26

Details

Check Text ( C-57865r1_chk )
Verify the operating system provides an audit reduction capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62189r1_fix)
Configure the operating system to provide an audit reduction capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents.