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V-282425

CAT II (Medium)

TOSS 5 must label all offloaded audit logs before sending them to the central log server.

Rule ID

SV-282425r1201625_rule

STIG

Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000132

Discussion

Enriched logging is needed to determine who, what, and when events occur on a system. Without this, determining root cause of an event will be much more difficult. When audit logs are not labeled before they are sent to a central log server, the audit data will not be able to be analyzed and tied back to the correct system.

Check Content

Verify that TOSS 5 Audit Daemon is configured to label all offloaded audit logs, with the following command:

$ sudo grep name_format /etc/audit/auditd.conf

name_format = hostname

If the "name_format" option is not "hostname", "fqd", or "numeric", or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file and add or update the "name_format" option:

name_format = hostname

Restart the audit daemon for changes to take effect.