V-276268

Discussion

Audit information includes all information needed to successfully audit system activity, such as audit records, audit log settings, audit reports, and personally identifiable information. Audit logging tools are those programs and devices used to conduct system audit and logging activities. Protection of audit information focuses on technical protection and limits the ability to access and execute audit logging tools to authorized individuals. Physical protection of audit information is addressed by both media protection controls and physical and environmental protection controls. The common language runtime (CLR) component of the .NET Framework for Microsoft Windows in SQL allows the user to write stored procedures, triggers, user-defined types, user-defined functions, user-defined aggregates, and streaming table-valued functions, using any .NET Framework language, including Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C#. CLR packing assemblies can access resources protected by .NET Code Access Security when it runs managed code. Specifying UNSAFE enables the code in the assembly complete freedom to perform operations in the SQL process space that can potentially compromise the robustness of SQL. UNSAFE assemblies can also potentially subvert the security system of either SQL or the common language runtime.

Check Content

Verify the database management system (DBMS) is configured to alert organization-defined personnel or roles upon detection of unauthorized access, modification, or deletion of audit information.

If the DBMS is not configured to alert organization-defined personnel or roles upon detection of unauthorized access, modification, or deletion of audit information, this is a finding.