Vulnerability Discussion

If the audit reduction capability alters the content or time ordering of audit records, the integrity of the audit records is compromised, and the records are no longer usable for forensic analysis. Time ordering refers to the chronological organization of records based on time stamps. The degree of time stamp precision can affect this.

Audit reduction is a process that manipulates collected audit information and organizes such information in a summary format that is more meaningful to analysts.

This requirement is specific to applications with audit reduction capabilities; however, applications need to support on-demand audit review and analysis.

Check

If the Mainframe Product does not perform audit data management or storage function, this is not applicable.

Examine installation and configuration settings.

Verify the Mainframe Product audit reduction capability does not alter original content or time ordering of audit records. If it does, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the Mainframe Product audit reduction capability to not alter original content or time ordering of audit records.