The operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000059-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000059-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000059-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
If audit data were to become compromised then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impossible to achieve. To ensure the veracity of audit data the operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized deletion. This requirement can be achieved through multiple methods which will depend upon system architecture and design. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity. Permanent not a finding - Remote logging is a VMware HG requirement. Due to remote logging, audit records are stored off-system.

Description

If audit data were to become compromised then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impossible to achieve. To ensure the veracity of audit data the operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized deletion. This requirement can be achieved through multiple methods which will depend upon system architecture and design. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity. Permanent not a finding - Remote logging is a VMware HG requirement. Due to remote logging, audit records are stored off-system.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000059-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-000059-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.