The operating system must use internal system clocks to generate time stamps for audit records.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000055-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000055-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000055-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Determining the correct time a particular event occurred on a system is critical when conducting forensic analysis and investigating system events. Time stamps generated by the information system shall include both date and time. The time may be expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC. Permanent not a finding - Auditing cannot be configured/implemented like a typical UNIX system. NTP is required.

Description

Determining the correct time a particular event occurred on a system is critical when conducting forensic analysis and investigating system events. Time stamps generated by the information system shall include both date and time. The time may be expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC. Permanent not a finding - Auditing cannot be configured/implemented like a typical UNIX system. NTP is required.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000055-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000055-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.