UBTU-22-252020 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Information

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 operating system include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in UTC or local time with an offset from UTC.

Solution

To Configure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS time zone to use UTC, run the following command:

$ sudo timedatectl set-timezone Etc/UTC

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CAN_Ubuntu_22-04_LTS_V2R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-8b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-001890, Rule-ID|SV-260521r958788_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-22-252020, Vuln-ID|V-260521

Plugin: Unix

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