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V-216253

CAT II (Medium)

Audit records must include what type of events occurred.

Rule ID

SV-216253r958412_rule

STIG

Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-000130

Discussion

Without proper system auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked, and malicious activity cannot be detected and traced back to an individual account.

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