The system will be configured to audit "Object Access -> File System" failures.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26544	WINAU-000604	SV-33645r1_rule	ECAR-2 ECAR-3	Medium

Description
Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting attacks. Audit logs are necessary to provide a trail of evidence in case the system or network is compromised. Collecting this data is essential for analyzing the security of information assets and detecting signs of suspicious and unexpected behavior. File System auditing under Object Access is used to enable the recording of events related to the access and changing of files and directories. Auditing must also be enabled on the specific file system objects to be audited.

Description

Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting attacks. Audit logs are necessary to provide a trail of evidence in case the system or network is compromised. Collecting this data is essential for analyzing the security of information assets and detecting signs of suspicious and unexpected behavior. File System auditing under Object Access is used to enable the recording of events related to the access and changing of files and directories. Auditing must also be enabled on the specific file system objects to be audited.

STIG	Date
Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-03-14

Details

Check Text ( C-34105r1_chk )
Security Option “Audit: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows Vista or later) to override audit policy category settings” must be set to “Enabled” (V-14230) for the detailed auditing subcategories to be effective. Use the AuditPol tool to review the current Audit Policy configuration: -Open a Command Prompt with elevated privileges (“Run as Administrator”). -Enter “AuditPol /get /category:*”. Compare the Auditpol settings with the following. If the system does not audit the following, this is a finding: Object Access -> File System - Failure

Check Text ( C-34105r1_chk )

Security Option “Audit: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows Vista or later) to override audit policy category settings” must be set to “Enabled” (V-14230) for the detailed auditing subcategories to be effective.

Use the AuditPol tool to review the current Audit Policy configuration:
-Open a Command Prompt with elevated privileges (“Run as Administrator”).
-Enter “AuditPol /get /category:*”.

Compare the Auditpol settings with the following. If the system does not audit the following, this is a finding:

Object Access -> File System - Failure

Fix Text (F-29785r1_fix)
Detailed auditing subcategories are configured in Security Settings -> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration. The summary level settings under Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Audit Policy will not be enforced (see V-14230). Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration -> System Audit Policies -> Object Access -> "Audit File System" with “Failure” selected.

Fix Text (F-29785r1_fix)

Detailed auditing subcategories are configured in Security Settings -> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration. The summary level settings under Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Audit Policy will not be enforced (see V-14230).

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration -> System Audit Policies -> Object Access -> "Audit File System" with “Failure” selected.