UBTU-16-030120 - The Ubuntu operating system must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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 Ubuntu operating system include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC.

Solution

To configure the system time zone to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), run the following command replacing [ZONE] with UTC or GMT.

# sudo timedatectl set-timezone [ZONE]

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CAN_Ubuntu_16-04_LTS_V2R3_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-8b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001890, Rule-ID|SV-215118r610931_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-16-030120, STIG-Legacy|SV-90497, STIG-Legacy|V-75817, Vuln-ID|V-215118

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 4769a7eaa88b0ca58241d0829a9861fb8490a902ab96ea23356eaef41d580e89