The macOS system must configure audit retention to seven days.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-259467 | APPL-14-001029 | SV-259467r958752_rule | CCI-001849 | low |
| Description | ||||
| The audit service must be configured to require records be kept for an organizational defined value before deletion, unless the system uses a central audit record storage facility. When "expire-after" is set to "7d", the audit service will not delete audit logs until the log data criteria is met. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-12-04 | |||
Related Frameworks
2 paths across 2 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
AU-4
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001849
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-259467r958752_chk)
Verify the macOS system is configured audit retention to seven days with the following command:
/usr/bin/awk -F: '/expire-after/{print $2}' /etc/security/audit_control
If the result is not "7d", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-63114r941022_fix)
Configure the macOS system to set audit retention to seven days with the following command:
/usr/bin/sed -i.bak 's/^expire-after.*/expire-after:7d/' /etc/security/audit_control; /usr/sbin/audit -s