STIGUI
V-260587CAT III — Low severitySV-260587r959008_rule

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must have a crontab script running weekly to offload audit events of standalone systems.

Rule version UBTU-22-651035 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-09

Discussion

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.

Offloading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

Check

Verify there is a script that offloads audit data and that script runs weekly by using the following command:

Note: If the system is not connected to a network, this requirement is not applicable.

     $ ls /etc/cron.weekly 
     <audit_offload_script_name> 

Check if the script inside the file does offloading of audit logs to external media.

If the script file does not exist or does not offload audit logs, this is a finding.

Fix

Create a script that offloads audit logs to external media and runs weekly.

The script must be located in the "/etc/cron.weekly" directory.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-260587
Group title
SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224
Rule ID
SV-260587r959008_rule
Check ID
C-64316r953572_chk
Fix ID
F-64224r953573_fix