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V-276748CAT II — Medium severitySV-276748r1140036_rule

Google Android 16 must be configured to enable audit logging.

Rule version GOOG-16-002800 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-24

Discussion

Audit logs enable monitoring of security-relevant events and subsequent forensics when breaches occur. For the audit logs to be useful, administrators must have the ability to view them.

SFR ID: FMT_SMF.1.1 #32

Check

Inspect the configuration on the managed Google Android 16 device to enable audit logging.

This validation procedure is performed only on the EMM Administration Console.

On the EMM console:

COBO and COPE:

1. Open "Device owner management" section. 2. Verify that "Enable security logging" is toggled to "ON".

If the EMM console device policy is not set to enable audit logging, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the Google Android 16 device to enable audit logging.

On the EMM console:

COBO and COPE:

1. Open "Device owner management" section. 2. Toggle "Enable security logging" to "ON".

Configuration API: setSecurityLoggingEnabled

Identifiers

Group ID
V-276748
Group title
PP-MDF-993300
Rule ID
SV-276748r1140036_rule
Check ID
C-80903r1140034_chk
Fix ID
F-80808r1140035_fix