The macOS system must configure audit retention to seven days.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| low | V-259467 | SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132 | APPL-14-001029 | SV-259467r958752_rule | 2024-12-04 | 2 |
| Description |
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| The audit service must be configured to require records be kept for an organizational defined value before deletion, unless the system uses a central audit record storage facility. When "expire-after" is set to "7d", the audit service will not delete audit logs until the log data criteria is met. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify the macOS system is configured audit retention to seven days with the following command: /usr/bin/awk -F: '/expire-after/{print $2}' /etc/security/audit_control If the result is not "7d", this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure the macOS system to set audit retention to seven days with the following command: /usr/bin/sed -i.bak 's/^expire-after.*/expire-after:7d/' /etc/security/audit_control; /usr/sbin/audit -s |