STIGUI
V-203609CAT II — Medium severitySV-203609r958422_rule

The operating system must generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.

Rule version SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020 · STIG v3 · 2026-09-03

Discussion

Reconstruction of harmful events or forensic analysis is not possible if audit records do not contain enough information.

At a minimum, the organization must audit the full-text recording of privileged commands. The organization must maintain audit trails in sufficient detail to reconstruct events to determine the cause and impact of compromise.

Check

Verify the operating system generates audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the operating system to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-203609
Group title
SRG-OS-000042
Rule ID
SV-203609r958422_rule
Check ID
C-3734r557083_chk
Fix ID
F-3734r557084_fix