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V-260521

CAT III (Low)

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Rule ID

SV-260521r958788_rule

STIG

Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R8

CCIs

CCI-001890

Discussion

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 operating system include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in UTC or local time with an offset from UTC.

Check Content

Verify the time zone is configured to use UTC by using the following command:  
  
     $ timedatectl status | grep -i "time zone" 
     Time zone: Etc/UTC (UTC, +0000) 
  
If "Time zone" is not set to UTC, this is a finding.

Fix Text

To Configure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS time zone to use UTC, run the following command: 
  
     $ sudo timedatectl set-timezone Etc/UTC