The network device must use internal system clocks to generate timestamps for audit records.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000096-NDM-000065	SRG-NET-000096-NDM-000065	SRG-NET-000096-NDM-000065_rule		Low

Description
In order to determine what is happening within the network infrastructure or to resolve and trace an attack, the network device must support the organization's capability to correlate the audit log data from multiple network devices to acquire a clear understanding of events. In order to correlate auditable events, timestamps are needed on all of the log records.

STIG	Date
Network Device Management Security Requirements Guide	2013-07-30

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000096-NDM-000065_chk )
Verify the network device is configured to use the internal system clock to generate the timestamp included with the audit log entry. If the network device is not configured to use the internal system clock to generate timestamps for audit records, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-NET-000096-NDM-000065_fix)
Configure the network device to use the internal system clock to generate the timestamp included with audit log entries.