The Central Log Server must produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
low	V-221911	SRG-APP-000098	SRG-APP-000098-AU-000710	SV-221911r960900_rule	2024-12-04	3

Description
Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In addition to logging where events occur within the application, the application must also produce audit records that identify the application itself as the source of the event. In the case of centralized logging, the source would be the application name accompanied by the host or client name. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment, and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know the source of the event, particularly in the case of centralized logging. Associating information about the source of the event within the application provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured application.

Description

Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In addition to logging where events occur within the application, the application must also produce audit records that identify the application itself as the source of the event. In the case of centralized logging, the source would be the application name accompanied by the host or client name. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment, and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know the source of the event, particularly in the case of centralized logging. Associating information about the source of the event within the application provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured application.

ℹ️ Check
Examine the configuration. Verify that the Central Log Server produces audit records containing information to establish the source of the events. If the Central Log Server is not configured to produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the Central Log Server to produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.