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V-275615

CAT III (Low)

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

Rule ID

SV-275615r1147895_rule

STIG

Riverbed NetIM OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-001890 CCI-000159

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. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000359-GPOS-00146, SRG-OS-000055-GPOS-00026

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 OS time zone to use UTC, run the following command:
 
     $ sudo timedatectl set-timezone Etc/UTC