The operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized modification.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-203617	SRG-OS-000058	SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028	SV-203617r958436_rule	2024-12-04	3

Description
If audit information were to become compromised, then forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impossible to achieve. To ensure the veracity of audit information, the operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized modification. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity.

Description

If audit information were to become compromised, then forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impossible to achieve. To ensure the veracity of audit information, the operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized modification. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the operating system protects audit information from unauthorized modification. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the operating system to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.