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audit_retention_configure Configure Audit Retention to $ODV

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Sequoia Guidance, Revision 4.0 (be5491f)
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Title

Configure Audit Retention to $ODV

Control

/usr/bin/awk -F: '/expire-after/{print $2}' /etc/security/audit_control

Discussion

The audit service _MUST_ be configured to require records be kept for a organizational defined value before deletion, unless the system uses a central audit record storage facility.

When "expire-after" is set to "$ODV", the audit service will not delete audit logs until the log data criteria is met.

Related controls

au-11, au-4

Fix

[source,bash]
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/usr/bin/sed -i.bak 's/^expire-after.*/expire-after:$ODV/' /etc/security/audit_control; /usr/sbin/audit -s
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