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V-259583CAT II — Medium severitySV-259583r960900_rule

Exchange message tracking logging must be enabled.

Rule version EX19-ED-000034 · STIG v2 · 2024-12-06

Discussion

A message tracking log provides a detailed log of all message activity as messages are transferred to and from a computer running Exchange.

If events are not recorded, it may be difficult or impossible to determine the root cause of system problems or the unauthorized activities of malicious users.

Check

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

Get-Transportservice | Select-Object -Property Name, MessageTrackingLogEnabled

If the value of "MessageTrackingLogEnabled" is not set to "True", this is a finding.

Fix

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

Set-Transportservice <IdentityName> -MessageTrackingLogEnabled $true

Note: The <IdentityName> value must be in quotes.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-259583
Group title
SRG-APP-000098
Rule ID
SV-259583r960900_rule
Check ID
C-63322r942061_chk
Fix ID
F-63230r942062_fix