UBTU-18-010008 - The Ubuntu operating system must have a crontab script running weekly to off-load audit events of standalone systems.

Information

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.

Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Create a script which off-loads audit logs to external media and runs weekly.

Script must be located into the /etc/cron.weekly directory.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CAN_Ubuntu_18-04_LTS_V2R15_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-4(1), CAT|III, CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-219154r959008_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-18-010008, STIG-Legacy|SV-109637, STIG-Legacy|V-100533, Vuln-ID|V-219154

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 8f8e4f389304752d624098e38247423df315d2919e940c3b0341ea554059bc1a