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 UTC, a modern continuation of GMT, or local time with an offset from UTC.

Solution

Configure the Cisco router to record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to UTC or GMT as shown in the example below.

R2(config)#clock timezone EST -5
R2(config)#service timestamps log datetime localtime

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Cisco_IOS_Router_Y22M01_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 Cisco.

References

• 800-53|AU-8b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-001890
• Rule-ID|SV-215695r521266_rule
• STIG-ID|CISC-ND-001050
• STIG-Legacy|SV-105263
• STIG-Legacy|V-96125
• Vuln-ID|V-215695

Source

• Tenable.com/audits