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V-203670

CAT II (Medium)

The operating system must initiate session audits at system start-up.

Rule ID

SV-203670r991555_rule

STIG

General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Version

V3R3

CCIs

CCI-001464

Discussion

If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.

Check Content

Verify the operating system initiates session audits at system start-up. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the operating system to initiate session audits at system start-up.