SQL Server must provide centralized configuration of the content to be captured in audit records generated by all components of SQL Server.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-213982	SQL6-D0-010800	SV-213982r855966_rule		Medium

Description
If the configuration of SQL Server's auditing is spread across multiple locations in the database management software, or across multiple commands, only loosely related, it is harder to use and takes longer to reconfigure in response to events. SQL Server must provide a unified tool for audit configuration.

STIG	Date
MS SQL Server 2016 Instance Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-09-12

Details

Check Text ( C-15199r313729_chk )
Review the system documentation for a description of how audit records are off-loaded and how local audit log space is managed. If the SQL Server audit records (to include traces used for audit purposes) are not written directly to or systematically transferred to a centralized log management system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-15197r313730_fix)
Configure and/or deploy software tools to ensure that SQL Server audit records (to include traces used for audit purposes) are written directly to or systematically transferred to a centralized log management system.