The application server must provide a log reduction capability that supports on-demand reporting requirements.

From Application Server Security Requirements Guide

Part of SRG-APP-000181-AS-000255

Associated with: CCI-001876

SV-71803r3_rule The application server must provide a log reduction capability that supports on-demand reporting requirements.

Vulnerability discussion

The ability to generate on-demand reports, including after the log data has been subjected to log reduction, greatly facilitates the organization's ability to generate incident reports as needed to better handle larger-scale or more complex security incidents.Log reduction is a process that manipulates collected log information and organizes such information in a summary format that is more meaningful to analysts. The report generation capability provided by the application must support on-demand (i.e., customizable, ad-hoc, and as needed) reports.Instead of the application server providing the log reduction function; it is also accepted practice to configure the application server to send its logs to a centralized log system that can be used to provide the log reduction with reporting capability. Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) systems are an example of such a solution.To fully understand and investigate an incident within the components of the application server, the application server, must be configured to provide log reduction and on-demand reporting or be configured to send its logs to a centralized log system.

Check content

Review application server product documentation and server configuration to determine if the application server is configured to provide log reduction with on-demand reporting. If the application server is not configured to provide log reduction with on-demand reporting, or is not configured to send its logs to a centralized log system, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the application server to provide and utilize log reduction with on-demand reporting or configure the application server to send its logs to a centralized log log system that provides log reduction and on-demand reporting functions.

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