Details

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), a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC.

Solution

Configure the network device to record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

This can be configured with the following command:

clock timezone GMT

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Arista_MLS_DCS-7000_Series_Y20M07_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 Arista.

References

• 800-53|AU-8b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-001890
• Group-ID|V-60867
• Rule-ID|SV-75325r1_rule
• STIG-ID|AMLS-NM-000290
• Vuln-ID|V-60867

Source

• Tenable.com/audits