The IBM z/VM Journal option must be specified in the Product Configuration File.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-78863	IBMZ-VM-000320	SV-93569r1_rule		Medium

Description
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). The JOURNALING statement tells z/VM CP to include the journaling facility and to enable the system being initialized to set and query the journaling facility.

Description

Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). The JOURNALING statement tells z/VM CP to include the journaling facility and to enable the system being initialized to set and query the journaling facility.

STIG	Date
IBM z/VM Using CA VM:Secure Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-12-11

Details

Check Text ( C-78449r1_chk )
Examine the “Product Configuration” file. If the JOURNALING Statement does not specify “ON”, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85613r1_fix)
Configure the Product Configuration files’ JOURNALING statement to “JOURNALING ON”.