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V-253921

CAT II (Medium)

The Juniper EX switch must be configured to record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Rule ID

SV-253921r961443_rule

STIG

Juniper EX Series Switches Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R4

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 application include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in UTC, a modern continuation of GMT, or local time with an offset from UTC.

Check Content

Determine if the network device records time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to UTC or GMT. This requirement may be verified by demonstration or configuration review.

Verify the time zone is UTC.
[edit system]
time-zone UTC;

If the network device does not record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to UTC or GMT, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the network device to record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to UTC or GMT.

set system time-zone UTC