The network device must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-55097	SRG-APP-000096-NDM-000226	SV-69343r1_rule		Medium

Description
It is essential for security personnel to know what is being done, what was attempted, where it was done, when it was done, and by whom it was done in order to compile an accurate risk assessment. Logging the date and time of each detected event provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured network device. In order to establish and correlate the series of events leading up to an outage or attack, it is imperative the date and time are recorded in all log records.

Description

It is essential for security personnel to know what is being done, what was attempted, where it was done, when it was done, and by whom it was done in order to compile an accurate risk assessment. Logging the date and time of each detected event provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured network device. In order to establish and correlate the series of events leading up to an outage or attack, it is imperative the date and time are recorded in all log records.

STIG	Date
Network Device Management Security Requirements Guide	2016-09-30

Details

Check Text ( C-55719r1_chk )
Determine if the network device is configured to produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred. If the network device does not produce audit records containing information to establish when the events occurred, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-59963r1_fix)
Configure the network device to produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.