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V-239925

CAT II (Medium)

The Cisco ASA must be configured to record time stamps for audit records that meet a granularity of one second for a minimum degree of precision.

Rule ID

SV-239925r961446_rule

STIG

Cisco ASA NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R4

CCIs

CCI-001889

Discussion

Without sufficient granularity of time stamps, it is not possible to adequately determine the chronological order of records. Time stamps generated by the application include date and time. Granularity of time measurements refers to the degree of synchronization between information system clocks and reference clocks.

Check Content

Verify the ASA is configured to include the  time on all log records as shown in the configuration example below.

logging timestamp

If time stamp is not configured, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the ASA to include the time on all log records as shown in the example below.

ASA(config)# logging timestamp