EPAS-00-002000 - The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the outcome (success or failure) of the events.

Information

Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without information about the outcome of events, security personnel cannot make an accurate assessment as to whether an attack was successful or if changes were made to the security state of the system.

Event outcomes can include indicators of event success or failure and event-specific results (e.g., the security state of the information system after the event occurred). As such, they also provide a means to measure the impact of an event and help authorized personnel to determine the appropriate response.

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-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000134, Rule-ID|SV-259223r960903_rule, STIG-ID|EPAS-00-002000, Vuln-ID|V-259223

Plugin: PostgreSQLDB

Control ID: dd4d0077d2f3a3fb5c0c3be5277866625eae41fe265ac71b294d9ba28f3bdbd1