Nutanix AOS must produce audit records containing information to establish the outcome of events.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-254168	NUTX-OS-000660	SV-254168r958420_rule		Medium

Description
Without information about the outcome of events, security personnel cannot make an accurate assessment as to whether an attack was successful or if changes were made to the security state of the system. Event outcomes can include indicators of event success or failure and event-specific results (e.g., the security state of the information system after the event occurred). As such, they also provide a means to measure the impact of an event and help authorized personnel to determine the appropriate response.

Description

Without information about the outcome of events, security personnel cannot make an accurate assessment as to whether an attack was successful or if changes were made to the security state of the system. Event outcomes can include indicators of event success or failure and event-specific results (e.g., the security state of the information system after the event occurred). As such, they also provide a means to measure the impact of an event and help authorized personnel to determine the appropriate response.

STIG	Date
Nutanix AOS 5.20.x OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-18

Details

Check Text ( C-57653r846590_chk )
Verify the operating system produces audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred. Determine if auditing is active by issuing the following command: $ sudo systemctl is-active auditd.service active If the "auditd" status is not active, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-57604r846591_fix)
Enable the auditd service to run automatically. $ sudo systemctl enable auditd