5.3.4 Enable Auditing for Processes That Start Prior to auditd

Information

Configure grub so that processes that are capable of being audited can be audited even if they start up prior to auditd startup.

Rationale:

Audit events need to be captured on processes that start up prior to auditd, so that potential malicious activity cannot go undetected.

Solution

Run the following:

# ed /etc/grub.conf << END
g/kernel/s/$/ audit=1/
w
q
END

Default Value:

OS Default: N/A

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3096

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-3, 800-53|AU-12, CSCv7|6.2

Plugin: Unix

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