The Central Log Server must be configured to perform audit reduction that supports on-demand reporting requirements.

The ability to generate on-demand reports, including after the audit data has been subjected to audit reduction, greatly facilitates the organization's ability to generate incident reports as needed to better handle larger-scale or more complex security incidents.

Audit reduction is a process that manipulates collected audit information and organizes such information in a summary format that is more meaningful to analysts. The report generation capability provided by the application must support on-demand (i.e., customizable, ad hoc, and as-needed) reports.

This requirement is specific to applications with audit reduction capabilities; however, applications need to support on-demand audit review and analysis.

Examine the configuration.

Verify the system is configured to perform audit reduction that supports on-demand reporting requirements.

If the Central Log Server is not configured to perform audit reduction that supports on-demand reporting requirements, this is a finding.

Configure the Central Log Server to perform audit reduction that supports on-demand reporting requirements.