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The operating system must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit tools.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-203682SRG-OS-000278-GPOS-00108SV-203682r991567_ruleCCI-001496high
Description
Protecting the integrity of the tools used for auditing purposes is a critical step toward ensuring the integrity of audit information. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, and audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity. Audit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit information system activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators. It is not uncommon for attackers to replace the audit tools or inject code into the existing tools with the purpose of providing the capability to hide or erase system activity from the audit logs. To address this risk, audit tools must be cryptographically signed in order to provide the capability to identify when the audit tools have been modified, manipulated, or replaced. An example is a checksum hash of the file or files.
STIGDate
General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide2024-12-04

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

MON-08.3Cryptographic Protection of Event Log Information
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (20) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-3Content of Audit Records
1.00
AU-3(1)Additional Audit Information
1.00
AU-4Audit Log Storage Capacity
1.00
AU-4(1)Transfer to Alternate Storage
1.00
AU-5Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
1.00
AU-5(1)Storage Capacity Warning
1.00
AU-5(2)Real-time Alerts
1.00
AU-6(4)Central Review and Analysis
1.00

+10 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001496
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-203682r991567_chk)

Verify the operating system uses cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit tools. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-3807r374934_fix)

Configure the operating system to use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit tools.