The operating system must invoke a system shutdown in the event of an audit failure, unless an alternative audit capability exists.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-29124	SRG-OS-000213	SV-37118r1_rule		Medium

Description
It is critical when an operating system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required it takes action to mitigate the failure. If the system were to continue processing without auditing enabled, actions can be taken on the system that cannot be tracked and recorded for later forensic analysis. Audit processing failures include software/hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded.

Description

It is critical when an operating system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required it takes action to mitigate the failure. If the system were to continue processing without auditing enabled, actions can be taken on the system that cannot be tracked and recorded for later forensic analysis. Audit processing failures include software/hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded.

STIG	Date
Operating System Security Requirements Guide	2013-03-28

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