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The audit system must be configured to audit all administrative, privileged, and security actions.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-816 GEN002760 SV-816r2_rule ECAR-1 ECAR-2 ECAR-3 Medium
Description
If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.
STIG Date
VMware ESX 3 Server 2016-05-13

Details

Check Text ( C-558r2_chk )
Check the system configuration to determine if all administrative, privileged, and security actions are audited. If any of these categories of events is not audited, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-970r2_fix)
Configure the system to audit all administrative, privileged, and security actions.