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V-256490

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system must have the auditd service running.

Rule ID

SV-256490r958422_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000135 CCI-000169 CCI-000172 CCI-001487 CCI-001744 CCI-001814 CCI-002696 CCI-002699

Discussion

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). They also provide a means to measure the impact of an event and help authorized personnel to determine the appropriate response. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00021, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000255-GPOS-00096, SRG-OS-000363-GPOS-00150, SRG-OS-000365-GPOS-00152, SRG-OS-000445-GPOS-00199, SRG-OS-000446-GPOS-00200, SRG-OS-000461-GPOS-00205, SRG-OS-000467-GPOS-00211, SRG-OS-000465-GPOS-00209, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219, SRG-OS-000475-GPOS-00220

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command:

# systemctl status auditd

If the service is not running, this is a finding.

Fix Text

At the command line, run the following commands:

# systemctl enable auditd
# systemctl start auditd