The VMM must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-207422	SRG-OS-000257	SRG-OS-000257-VMM-000910	SV-207422r958612_rule	2024-12-06	2

Description
Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit data. VMMs providing tools to interface with audit data will leverage roles identifying the user accessing the tools and permissions identifying the corresponding rights the user is assigned in order to make access decisions regarding the access to audit tools. Audit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit VMM activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators.

Description

Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit data. VMMs providing tools to interface with audit data will leverage roles identifying the user accessing the tools and permissions identifying the corresponding rights the user is assigned in order to make access decisions regarding the access to audit tools. Audit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit VMM activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the VMM protects audit tools from unauthorized modification. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the VMM to protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.