TOSS 5 must label all offloaded audit logs before sending them to the central log server.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-282425 | SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017 | TOSS-05-000396 | SV-282425r1201625_rule | 2026-04-01 | 1 |
Description
Enriched logging is needed to determine who, what, and when events occur on a system. Without this, determining root cause of an event will be much more difficult.
When audit logs are not labeled before they are sent to a central log server, the audit data will not be able to be analyzed and tied back to the correct system.
ℹ️ Check
Verify that TOSS 5 Audit Daemon is configured to label all offloaded audit logs, with the following command:
$ sudo grep name_format /etc/audit/auditd.conf
name_format = hostname
If the "name_format" option is not "hostname", "fqd", or "numeric", or the line is commented out, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Edit the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file and add or update the "name_format" option:
name_format = hostname
Restart the audit daemon for changes to take effect.