Details

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.

Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Create a script which off-loads audit logs to external media and runs weekly.

Script must be located into the /etc/cron.weekly directory.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CAN_Ubuntu_18-04_LTS_V2R4_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Audit and Accountability.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|AU-4(1)
• CAT|III
• CCI|CCI-001851
• Rule-ID|SV-219154r610963_rule
• STIG-ID|UBTU-18-010008
• STIG-Legacy|SV-109637
• STIG-Legacy|V-100533
• Vuln-ID|V-219154

Source

• Tenable.com/audits