The system log maximum size should be configured correctly.. (1) size of file (1) defined by the Windows Event Log (2) defined by Group Policy (3) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\System\MaxSize CCE-735 System log size (CID:81) Maximum system log size 2.2.4.3.1 Maximum Event Log Size Maximum system log size Table: 6.3 Value: 16384 kilobytes MaximumSystemLogSize oval:gov.nist.1:def:199 maximum_system_log_size oval:gov.nist.fdcc.xp:def:199 oval:gov.nist.usgcb.xp:def:199 BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 Jericho Forum HIPAA/HITECH Act FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL-- ISO/IEC 27001-2005 COBIT 4.1 GAPP (Aug 2009) NERC CIP NIST SP800-53 R3 AU-4 NIST SP800-53 R3 AU-6 NIST SP800-53 R3 AU-9 PCIDSS v2.0 FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL-- BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 CCE Version 4.2 2008-02-15 DISA Gold Disk for Windows XP check names DISA 2006-09-29 5.1.6 Guide to Securing Microsoft Windows XP NSA 2003-12-01 Version 1.1 R. Bickel M. Cook J. Haney M. Kerr, DISA CT01 T. Parker, USN H. Parkes Prose(pdf) Windows XP Professional Operating System Legacy, Enterprise, and Specialized Security Benchmark Consensus Baseline Security Settings The Center for Internet Security 2004-10-20 Version 1.3 Jeff Shawgo Sidney Faber Prose(pdf) Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist NIST 2005-10-01 Murugiah Souppaya Karen Kent Paul M. Johnson Prose(pdf) SP 800-68: Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professional NIST 2006-10-10 Murugiah Souppaya Karen Kent Paul M. Johnson Stephen Quinn Peter Mell Linda Devlin XCCDF SP 800-68: Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professional NIST 2006-10-10 OVAL FDCC: Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professional (XCCDF Benchmark) NIST 2008-01-10 XCCDF FDCC: Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professional (OVAL Definitions) NIST 2008-01-10 OVAL SCAP Repo OVAL Definition 2012-04-13 BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 2012-10-12 Jericho Forum 2012-10-12 HIPAA/HITECH Act 2012-10-12 ISO/IEC 27001-2005 2012-10-12 COBIT 4.1 2012-10-12 GAPP (Aug 2009) 2012-10-12 NERC CIP 2012-10-12 NIST SP800-53 R3 2012-10-12 PCIDSS v2.0 2012-10-12 BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 2012-10-12