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6.2.2.11 Ensure the rsyslog service is enabled and active

Information

The rsyslog service must be running.

Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across the DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements.

Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.

Solution

Start the auditd service, and enable the rsyslog service with the following commands:

# systemctl start rsyslog.service

# systemctl enable rsyslog.service

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/19886

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CSCv7|6.2, CSCv7|6.3, Rule-ID|SV-230298r627750_rule, Vuln-ID|V-230298

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7ba35f6d50da4688ebfea2e178f7a956ecace4697c0e7d149ddf121d08cdb63e