The SLES for vRealize must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.

From VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000172

SV-99357r1_rule The SLES for vRealize must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.

Vulnerability discussion

Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).

Check content

Verify the SLES for vRealize produces audit records by running the following command to determine the current status of the "auditd" service: # service auditd status If the service is enabled, the returned message must contain the following text: Checking for service auditd running If the service is not running, this is a finding.

Fix text

Enable the "auditd" service by performing the following commands: # chkconfig auditd on # service auditd start

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