The operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized modification.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-29081	SRG-OS-000058	SV-37072r1_rule		Medium

Description
If audit data were to become compromised then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impossible to achieve. To ensure the veracity of audit data the operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized modification. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity.

Description

If audit data were to become compromised then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impossible to achieve. To ensure the veracity of audit data the operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized modification. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity.

STIG	Date
Operating System Security Requirements Guide	2013-03-28

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