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V-207419

CAT II (Medium)

The VMM must initiate session audits at system startup.

Rule ID

SV-207419r958606_rule

STIG

Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-001464

Discussion

If auditing is enabled late in the startup process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.

Check Content

Verify the VMM initiates session audits at system startup.

If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the VMM to initiate session audits at system startup.