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1.87 AZLX-23-002080

Information

Amazon Linux 2023 must be configured to off-load audit records onto a different system from the system being audited via syslog.

GROUP ID: V-274080RULE ID: SV-274080r1120228

The auditd service does not include the ability to send audit records to a centralized server for management directly. However, it can use a plug-in for audit event multiplexor (audispd) to pass audit records to the local syslog server.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

Solution

Configure Amazon Linux 2023 to off-load audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited.

If using systemd-journal-upload:Edit "/etc/systemd/journal-upload.conf" with the appropriate configuration:

[Upload]URL=https://[server.domain]:[port]

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26107

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-4(1), CAT|III, CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-274080r1120228_rule, STIG-ID|AZLX-23-002080, Vuln-ID|V-274080

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a99e459cf14dcc8c9b042791c90341cdf9468e047266233c8e0591b587ef323a