STIGUI
V-207355CAT II — Medium severitySV-207355r958418_rule

The VMM must produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.

Rule version SRG-OS-000040-VMM-000180 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-04

Discussion

Without establishing the source of an event, it is difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack.

In addition to logging where events occur within the VMM, the VMM must also generate audit records that identify sources of events. Sources of VMM events include, but are not limited to, guest VMs, processes and services.

In order to compile an accurate risk assessment, and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know the source of the event.

Check

Verify the VMM produces audit records containing information to establish the source of the events. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the VMM to produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-207355
Group title
SRG-OS-000040
Rule ID
SV-207355r958418_rule
Check ID
C-7612r365475_chk
Fix ID
F-7612r365476_fix