The operating system must provide the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system.

From General Purpose Operating System SRG

Associated with: CCI-000154

SV-70925r1_rule The operating system must provide the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system.

Vulnerability discussion

Successful incident response and auditing relies on timely, accurate system information and analysis in order to allow the organization to identify and respond to potential incidents in a proficient manner. If the operating system does not provide the ability to centrally review the operating system logs, forensic analysis is negatively impacted.Segregation of logging data to multiple disparate computer systems is counterproductive and makes log analysis and log event alarming difficult to implement and manage, particularly when the system has multiple logging components writing to different locations or systems.To support the centralized capability, the operating system must be able to provide the information in a format that can be extracted and used, allowing the application performing the centralization of the log records to meet this requirement.

Check content

Verify the operating system provides the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the operating system to provide the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system.

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