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V-216249

CAT II (Medium)

The operating system must provide the capability to automatically process audit records for events of interest based upon selectable, event criteria.

Rule ID

SV-216249r958430_rule

STIG

Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-000158

Discussion

Without an audit reporting capability, users find it difficult to identify specific patterns of attack.

Check Content

The Audit Configuration profile is required.

This check applies to the global zone only.  Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this check applies.

Check the status of the audit system. It must be auditing.

# pfexec auditconfig -getcond

If this command does not report:

audit condition = auditing

this is a finding.

Fix Text

The Audit Control profile is required.

This action applies to the global zone only.  Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this action applies.

If auditing has been disabled, it must be enabled with the following command:

# pfexec audit -s