Details

Automated monitoring of remote access sessions allows organizations to detect cyberattacks and ensure ongoing compliance with remote access policies by auditing connection activities.

Solution

Open /etc/ssh/sshd_config with a text editor.

Ensure that the ‘SyslogFacility’ line is uncommented and set to the following:

SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV

At the command line, execute the following command:

# service sshd reload

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_STIG.zip

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

References

• 800-53|AC-17(1)
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000067
• Rule-ID|SV-239078r675042_rule
• STIG-ID|PHTN-67-000006
• Vuln-ID|V-239078

Source

• Tenable.com/audits