The DataPower Gateway must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

From IBM DataPower Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001890

SV-79645r1_rule The DataPower Gateway must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Vulnerability discussion

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 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC.

Check content

In the web interface, go to Status >> View Logs >> Audit Log to display current time stamped log entries. If the UTC format is not used, this is a finding.

Fix text

By default, the DataPower Gateway records time stamps for audit records in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The following is an example: March 30, 2015 followed by the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970. 20150330T072434.296Z

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