The Mainframe Product must provide centralized management and configuration of the content to be captured in audit records generated by all application components.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-68255	SRG-APP-000356-MFP-000147	SV-82745r1_rule		Medium

Description
Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and correlation of suspicious behavior would be difficult and could lead to a delayed or incomplete analysis of an ongoing attack. This requirement requires that the content captured in audit records be managed from a central location (necessitating automation). Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. Application components requiring centralized audit log management must have the capability to support centralized management. This requirement applies to centralized management applications or similar types of applications designed to manage and configure audit record capture.

Description

Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and correlation of suspicious behavior would be difficult and could lead to a delayed or incomplete analysis of an ongoing attack. This requirement requires that the content captured in audit records be managed from a central location (necessitating automation). Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. Application components requiring centralized audit log management must have the capability to support centralized management. This requirement applies to centralized management applications or similar types of applications designed to manage and configure audit record capture.

STIG	Date
Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide	2016-04-18

Details

Check Text ( C-68815r1_chk )
If the Mainframe Product does not perform audit data management or storage function this is not applicable. Examine configuration settings. Determine if the Mainframe Product provides centralized management of the capture content for all components. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-74369r1_fix)
Configure the Mainframe Product to provide centralized management and configuration of the content to be captured in audit records generated by all application components.