STIGUI
V-216256CAT II — Medium severitySV-216256r958418_rule

Audit records must include the sources of the events that occurred.

Rule version SOL-11.1-010170 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

Without accurate source information malicious activity cannot be accurately tracked.

Check

The Audit Configuration profile is required.

This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this check applies.

Check the status of the audit system. It must be auditing.

# pfexec auditconfig -getcond

If this command does not report:

audit condition = auditing

this is a finding.

Fix

The Audit Control profile is required.

This action applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this action applies.

If auditing has been disabled, it must be enabled with the following command:

# pfexec audit -s

Identifiers

Group ID
V-216256
Group title
SRG-OS-000040
Rule ID
SV-216256r958418_rule
Check ID
C-17492r370856_chk
Fix ID
F-17490r370857_fix