Audit records should be restricted to authorized individuals.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-5686	DG0032-SQLServer9	SV-24077r1_rule	ECTP-1	Medium

Description
Audit data is frequently targeted by malicious users as it can provide a means to detect their activity. The protection of the audit trail data is of special concern and requires restrictions to allow only the auditor and DBMS backup, recovery, and maintenance users access to it.

STIG	Date
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Instance Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-04-03

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-19535r1_fix)
Grant audit file and database audit object access to authorized DBAs and auditors. Revoke audit file and database audit object access from unauthorized database and OS accounts.