SPLK-CL-000170 - Splunk Enterprise must notify the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) of all audit failure events, such as loss of communications with hosts and devices, or if log records are no longer being received.

Information

It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without a real-time alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit function and application operation may be adversely affected.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure Splunk Enterprise, using the reporting and notification tools, to create a report with notification to the SA and ISSO of any audit failure events, such as loss of communication or logs no longer being collected.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Splunk_Enterprise_8-x_for_Linux_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-5(2), CAT|III, CCI|CCI-001858, Rule-ID|SV-251670r961401_rule, STIG-ID|SPLK-CL-000170, Vuln-ID|V-251670

Plugin: Splunk

Control ID: 29f6eb3388368357a95023bc7f37871a400cf582b6d36f7351d5e6cb07e010ca