Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide

The Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide (V6 R5) has 286 STIG checks. New to STIG checklists? Read What is a STIG checklist?, CKL vs CKLB, and STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

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Severity

Version

V6 · R5

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

The application must record the username or user ID of the user associated with the event.

Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The application must record the username or user ID of the user associated with the event.

Description

Discussion Text

When users conduct activity within an application, that user’s identity must be recorded in the audit log. Failing to record the identity of the user responsible for the activity within the application is detrimental to forensic analysis.

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Objective

V-222449

Rule

SV-222449r960879_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

APSC-DV-000700

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Review and monitor the application logs.

Connect to the application and perform application activity that is allowed by the user such as accessing data or running reports.

Observe if the log includes an entry to indicate the user ID of the user that conducted the activity.

If the user ID is not recorded along with the event in the event log, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the application to record the user ID of the user responsible for the log event entry.

STIG check 62 of 286 in the Application Security and Development STIG checklist

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