Details

DB2 can be configured to use an audit buffer. It is recommended that the audit buffer size be set to at least 1000.

Solution

Perform the following to establish an audit buffer-
1. Attach to the DB2 instance
db2 => attach to $DB2INSTANCE
2. Run the following command from the DB2 command window-
db2 => update database manager configuration using audit_buf_sz 1000

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/162

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
• CSCv6|6.3

Source

• Tenable.com/audits