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V-282575CAT II — Medium severitySV-282575r1200705_rule

TOSS 5 chronyd service must be enabled.

Rule version TOSS-05-000201 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the correct time a particular event occurred on a system is critical when conducting forensic analysis and investigating system events. Sources outside the configured acceptable allowance (drift) may be inaccurate.

Synchronizing internal information system clocks provides uniformity of time stamps for information systems with multiple system clocks and systems connected over a network.

Check

Verify the "chronyd" service is active using the following command:

$ systemctl is-active chronyd

active

If the "chronyd" service is not active, this is a finding.

Fix

Enable the "chronyd" service using the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable --now chronyd

Identifiers

Group ID
V-282575
Group title
SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143
Rule ID
SV-282575r1200705_rule
Check ID
C-87136r1200703_chk
Fix ID
F-87041r1200704_fix