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V-285642

CAT II (Medium)

The Content Analysis System (CAS) must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Rule ID

SV-285642r1273135_rule

STIG

Broadcom Content Analysis System (CAS) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-001890

Discussion

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 application include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in UTC, a modern continuation of GMT, or local time with an offset from UTC.

Check Content

Verify the time zone is set to "UTC" with the following steps:

1. Log on to the SSH CLI with an administrative account.
2. Enter "show timezone current".
3. Review the output for the current system time zone setting.

If "Timezone" does not state "UTC", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the time zone to "UTC" with the following steps:

1. Log on to the SSH CLI with an administrative account.
2. Enter "enable" and provide the password.
3. Enter "configure terminal".
4. Set the system time zone by entering "timezone UTC".
5. Enter "exit" to return to the config context, and then enter "exit" again to leave configuration mode.