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V-204691

CAT II (Medium)

AAA Services must be configured to use or map to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to record time stamps for audit records.

Rule ID

SV-204691r961443_rule

STIG

AAA Services Security Requirements Guide

Version

V2R2

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 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or local time with an offset from UTC.

Check Content

Verify AAA Services are configured to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records. The audit records must either show UTC time or an offset to UTC time for each entry.

If AAA Services are not configured to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure AAA Services to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records.