EPAS-00-001400 - The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must initiate support of session auditing upon startup.

Information

Session auditing is for use when a user's activities are under investigation.

Typically, this DBMS capability would be used in conjunction with comparable monitoring of a user's online session, involving other software components such as operating systems, web servers, and front-end user applications. The current requirement, however, deals specifically with the DBMS.

To be sure of capturing all activity during those periods when session auditing is in use, database auditing needs to be in operation for the whole time the DBMS is running.

Solution

Execute the following SQL as the 'enterprisedb' operating system user:

psql edb -c 'ALTER SYSTEM SET edb_audit_statement = 'all''
psql edb -c 'SELECT pg_reload_conf()'

or

Update the system documentation to note the organizationally approved setting and corresponding justification of the setting for this requirement.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_EPAS_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-14(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001464, Rule-ID|SV-259218r960888_rule, STIG-ID|EPAS-00-001400, Vuln-ID|V-259218

Plugin: PostgreSQLDB

Control ID: dddf88a07b24ff3e7d8888d3fa6a5818b4b0bce5bfca5905533b329b5f80f99c