The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must utilize centralized management of the content captured in audit records generated by all components of the EDB Postgres Advanced Server.

From EDB Postgres Advanced Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001844

SV-83597r1_rule The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must utilize centralized management of the content captured in audit records generated by all components of the EDB Postgres Advanced Server.

Vulnerability discussion

Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and correlation of suspicious behavior would be difficult and could lead to a delayed or incomplete analysis of an ongoing attack.The content captured in audit records must be managed from a central location (necessitating automation). Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. The DBMS may write audit records to database tables, to files in the file system, to other kinds of local repository, or directly to a centralized log management system. Whatever the method used, it must be compatible with off-loading the records to the centralized system.

Check content

If a centralized log collecting tool such as Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM) is not installed and configured to automatically collect audit logs, this is a finding. Review the system documentation for a description of how audit records are off-loaded and how local audit log space is managed.

Fix text

Install a centralized log collecting tool and configure it as instructed in its documentation. If using PEM, find the instructions at http://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/en/6.0/pemgetstarted/toc.html

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