The Mainframe Product must provide an audit reduction capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents.

From Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide

Associated with: CCI-001877

SV-82767r1_rule The Mainframe Product must provide an audit reduction capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents.

Vulnerability discussion

If the audit reduction capability does not support after-the-fact investigations, it is difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack, or identify those responses for one. This capability is also required to comply with applicable Federal laws and DoD policies.Audit reduction capability must support after-the-fact investigations of security incidents either natively or through the use of third-party tools.This requirement is specific to applications with audit reduction capabilities.

Check content

If the Mainframe Product does not perform audit data management or storage function this is not applicable. Examine installation and configuration settings. Verify the Mainframe Product audit reduction capability supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the Mainframe Product audit reduction capability to support after-the-fact investigations of security incidents.

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