The operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56675	SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029	SV-70935r1_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 deletion. This requirement can be achieved through multiple methods, which will depend upon system architecture and design. 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 deletion. This requirement can be achieved through multiple methods, which will depend upon system architecture and design. 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 SRG	2016-04-25

Details

Check Text ( C-57245r1_chk )
Verify the operating system protects audit information from unauthorized deletion. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61571r1_fix)
Configure the operating system to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.