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CD16-00-011900 - PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful accesses to objects occur.

Information

Without tracking all or selected types of access to all or selected objects (tables, views, procedures, functions, etc.), it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.

In an SQL environment, types of access include, but are not limited to:
SELECT
INSERT
UPDATE
DELETE
EXECUTE

To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones.

Solution

Configure PostgreSQL to produce audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access objects occur.

All errors and denials are logged if logging is enabled. To ensure logging is enabled, see the instructions in the supplementary content APPENDIX-C.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CD_Postgres_16_V1R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-12c., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000172, Rule-ID|SV-261963r1000894_rule, STIG-ID|CD16-00-011900, Vuln-ID|V-261963

Plugin: PostgreSQLDB

Control ID: 5d591110770fcb9b3339058ed1a0c6062cb1e815e672008d2607c9eb0ed944b9