The HP FlexFabric Switch must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.

From HP FlexFabric Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000131

SV-80667r1_rule The HP FlexFabric Switch must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.

Vulnerability discussion

It is essential for security personnel to know what is being done, what was attempted, where it was done, when it was done, and by whom it was done in order to compile an accurate risk assessment. Logging the date and time of each detected event provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured network device. In order to establish and correlate the series of events leading up to an outage or attack, it is imperative the date and time are recorded in all log records.

Check content

Determine if the info-center feature is enabled on the HP FlexFabric Switch: [HP] display info-center Information Center: Enabled If logging is not enabled, this is a finding.

Fix text

Enable info-center feature on the HP FlexFabric Switch: [HP] info-center enable Note: By default, the information center is enabled.

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