PHTN-30-000008 - The Photon operating system must have the sshd LogLevel set to 'INFO'.

Information

Automated monitoring of remote access sessions allows organizations to detect cyberattacks and ensure ongoing compliance with remote access policies by auditing connection activities.

The INFO LogLevel is required, at least, to ensure the capturing of failed login events.

Solution

Navigate to and open:

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

Ensure the 'LogLevel' line is uncommented and set to the following:

LogLevel INFO

At the command line, run the following command:

# systemctl restart sshd.service

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y24M01_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-17(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000067, Rule-ID|SV-256485r887129_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-30-000008, Vuln-ID|V-256485

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: da791ad8c860023bf58417f9cbac346409b93c61996f9858a1f93313433a3b8e