ONTAP must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-246938	NAOT-AU-000006	SV-246938r961443_rule		Medium

Description

If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by the application include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC.

STIG	Date
NetApp ONTAP DSC 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-08-22

Details

Check Text (C-50370r860681_chk)

Use "cluster date show" to see the current time zone configured.

If ONTAP is not configured to record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-50324r860682_fix)

Configure the time zone to UTC with "cluster date modify -timezone UTC".