Authentication Action

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Authentication Action

The Authentication action deals with the expression of event information pertaining to the authentication of credentials offered for a validation.

Information	Level
Source - User Information	Primary
Source - Host Information	Secondary
Source - Object Information	Tertiary
Source - Process Information	Tertiary
Source - Group Information	Tertiary
Dest - User Information	Primary
Dest - Host Information	Primary
Dest - Object Information	Secondary
Dest - Process Information	Tertiary
Dest - Group Information	Tertiary
Agent - Information	Primary
Agent - Host Information	Primary
Event Source - Host Information	Primary
Event Source - Information	Tertiary
Event - Information	Primary
Result - Information	Primary

The important information for this action is who tried to authenticate as which account on which host. The event information was expressed on which host and recorded by which agent on which host.

Result	event_result	event_severity
Success	S	2
Failure	F	3