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V-205462

CAT II (Medium)

The Mainframe Product must initiate session auditing upon startup.

Rule ID

SV-205462r960888_rule

STIG

Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide

Version

V3R4

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

If the Mainframe Product has no function or capability for session operations, this is not applicable.

Examine installation and configuration settings.

Verify that session auditing is initiated at session startup. If it is not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the Mainframe Product to initiate session auditing upon startup.