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V-221942

CAT II (Medium)

Splunk Enterprise must be configured with a successful/unsuccessful logon attempts report.

Rule ID

SV-221942r961824_rule

STIG

Splunk Enterprise 7.x for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-000172

Discussion

The SIEM or Central Log Server is the mitigation method for most of the other STIGs applied to an organization. Robust alerting and reporting is a key feature in any incident response plan. The ability to report on logon attempts is the first step is creating a chain of events for a forensic analysis and incident response.

Check Content

If the Splunk instance is used for Tier 2 CSSP (formerly CND-SP) or JRSS analysis, this check is N/A.

Interview the System Administrator (SA) to demonstrate that a logon attempts report exists.

If a report does not exist, this is a finding.

Fix Text

If the Splunk instance is used for Tier 2 CSSP (formerly CND-SP) or JRSS analysis, this fix is N/A.

Configure Splunk Enterprise using the reporting and notification tools to create a report that audits the logon attempts. Make this report available to the ISSM and other required individuals.