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The WebSphere Application Server must allocate audit log record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined log record storage requirements.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-255842WBSP-AS-000590SV-255842r961392_ruleCCI-001849medium
Description
The proper management of log records not only dictates proper archiving processes and procedures be established, it also requires allocating enough storage space to maintain the logs online for a defined period of time. If adequate online log storage capacity is not maintained, intrusion monitoring, security investigations, and forensic analysis can be negatively affected. It is important to keep a defined amount of logs online and readily available for investigative purposes. The logs may be stored on the application server until they can be archived to a log system or, in some instances, a Storage Area Networks (SAN). Regardless of the method used, log record storage capacity must be sufficient to store log data when the data cannot be offloaded to a log system or SAN.
STIGDate
IBM WebSphere Traditional V9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-26

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-04Event Log Storage Capacity
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (14) 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.

AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-14(1)System Start-up
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-7Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
1.00

+4 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001849
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-255842r961392_chk)

Review System Security Plan documentation. Identify the Audit Service Provider log size and rotation settings based on component log policy. From administrative console, click Security >> Security auditing >> Audit service provider. Select each [audit_service_provider_name]. If "Audit Log Size" and "Max Number of Audit Log Files" are not configured as per the System Security Plan, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-59458r876816_fix)

Identify Audit Service Provider log size and history retention based on component log policy. Document those values in the System Security Plan. From administrative console, click Security >> Security auditing >>Related Items>> Audit service provider >> [audit_service_provider_name]. Under Audit log file size specify the size of the file in MB as defined by your policy. Under "Maximum number of audit logs files", specify the maximum number of logs you want to keep on the file system as defined by your policy. Click "OK". Click "Save".