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linux:auditd

Linux audit framework (auditd)

Record types and syscalls

Host type
Linux
Cost class
Included
Techniques
352
Rules listed
477
Events
96

Licensing

License or service
Linux Audit userspace
What is free
Distro-packaged
What costs
Nothing
As read on
2026-11-01

A vendor statement as read on the date shown; the cost class is the durable part.

Standards and guidance naming this source

RequirementRelationBasis
OMB M-26-14: Identity usedSupports an activityour analysis: SYSCALL records carry auid/uid; USER_LOGIN records the login identity
OMB M-26-14: Anomalous activitySupports an activityour analysis
ASD ACSC / CISA et al.: Priority enterprise log sourcespriority_sourcequoted: internet-facing services and their underlying server operating system; any other critical servers

Techniques

Rules

Splunk 59
Sigma 222
Elastic 196

Events

Minimum (11)

Recommended (63)

Listed (22)

Dataset version 0.5.3, built 2026-11-08, from public sources only. Vendor rule names, requirement text and ATT&CK content are reproduced as published; the links between them are the authors' analysis. See the references for each source, its version and its license.