The Palo Alto Networks security platform must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-228666	PANW-NM-000101	SV-228666r856012_rule		Medium

Description
If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by the application include date and time and must be expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), also known as Zulu time, a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

STIG	Date
Palo Alto Networks NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-30901r513601_chk )
Go to Device >> Setup >> Management In the "General Settings" window, if the time zone is not set to "GMT" or "UTC", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-30878r513602_fix)
Go to Device >> Setup >> Management In the "General Settings" window, select the "Edit" icon (the gear symbol in the upper-right corner of the pane). In the "General Settings" window, in the "Time Zone" field, select "GMT" or "UTC" from the list of time zones. Select "OK". Commit changes by selecting "Commit" in the upper-right corner of the screen. Select "OK" when the confirmation dialog appears.

Fix Text (F-30878r513602_fix)

Go to Device >> Setup >> Management
In the "General Settings" window, select the "Edit" icon (the gear symbol in the upper-right corner of the pane).
In the "General Settings" window, in the "Time Zone" field, select "GMT" or "UTC" from the list of time zones.
Select "OK".
Commit changes by selecting "Commit" in the upper-right corner of the screen. Select "OK" when the confirmation dialog appears.