The operating system must off-load audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited.

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001851

SV-86707r1_rule The operating system must off-load audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited.

Vulnerability discussion

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.Satisfies: SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

Check content

Verify the operating system off-loads audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited. To determine the remote server that the records are being sent to, use the following command: # grep -i remote_server /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf remote_server = 10.0.21.1 If a remote server is not configured, or the line is commented out, ask the System Administrator to indicate how the audit logs are off-loaded to a different system or media. If there is no evidence that the audit logs are being off-loaded to another system or media, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the operating system to off-load audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited. Set the remote server option in "/etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf" with the IP address of the log aggregation server.

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