The VMM must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-207353	SRG-OS-000038	SRG-OS-000038-VMM-000160	SV-207353r958414_rule	2024-12-06	2

Description
Without establishing when events occurred, it is difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know when events occurred (date and time). Associating event types with detected events in the VMM audit logs provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured VMM.

Description

Without establishing when events occurred, it is difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know when events occurred (date and time). Associating event types with detected events in the VMM audit logs provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured VMM.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the VMM produces audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the VMM to produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.