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GEN002750 - The audit system must be configured to audit account creation - 'User audit class assignments should be reviewed'

Information

If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises, and damages incurred during a system compromise.
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Solution

Configure the audit system to audit account creation.
Edit /etc/security/audit/events and add the User_Create event to the list of audited events.
Edit /etc/security/audit/config and add the USER_Create audit event to an audit class in the classes: stanza.
Edit the /etc/security/audit/config and assign the audit classes with the USER_Create event to the all users listed in the users: stanza.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_STIG_Library_2015_07.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-2(4), CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000018, Rule-ID|SV-38851r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN002750, Vuln-ID|V-22376

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f2206d77b28066e764eb2fa682e1cd4eef6ebf1042563b38428a300a344e92c8