The macOS system must allocate audit record storage capacity to store at least seven days of audit records when audit records are not immediately sent to a central audit record storage facility.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257179	APPL-13-001029	SV-257179r905170_rule		Low

Description
The audit service must be configured to require that records are kept for seven days or longer before deletion when there is no central audit record storage facility. When "expire-after" is set to "7d", the audit service will not delete audit logs until the log data is at least seven days old.

STIG	Date
Apple macOS 13 (Ventura) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-08-28

Details

Check Text ( C-60864r905168_chk )
Verify the macOS system is configured to store at least seven days of audit records with the following command: /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/grep ^expire-after /etc/security/audit_control expire-after:7d If "expire-after" is not set to "7d" or greater, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60805r905169_fix)
Configure the macOS system to store seven days of audit records with the following command: /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/sed -i.bak 's/.*expire-after.*/expire-after:7d/' /etc/security/audit_control; /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/audit -s Alternatively, use a text editor to update the "/etc/security/audit_control" file.