The AAA Service must be configured to use or map to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to record time stamps for audit records.

From Authentication Authorization and Accounting Service Security Requirements Guide

Associated with: CCI-001890

SRG-APP-000374-AAA-000034_rule The AAA Service must be configured to use or map to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to record time stamps for audit records.

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) or local time with an offset from UTC.

Check content

Verify the AAA Service is configured to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records. The audit records must either show UTC time or an offset to UTC time for each entry. If the AAA Service is not configured to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the AAA Service to use or map to UTC to record time stamps for audit records.

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