The VMM must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-207354	SRG-OS-000039-VMM-000170	SV-207354r958416_rule		Medium

Description
Without establishing where events occurred, it is difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as VMM components, guest VMs, modules, device identifiers, node names, file names, and functionality. Associating information about where the event occurred within the VMM provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured VMM.

Description

Without establishing where events occurred, it is difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as VMM components, guest VMs, modules, device identifiers, node names, file names, and functionality. Associating information about where the event occurred within the VMM provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured VMM.

STIG	Date
Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide	2024-05-28

Details

Check Text ( C-7611r365472_chk )
Verify the VMM produces audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-7611r365473_fix)
Configure the VMM to produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.