Kona Site Defender providing content filtering must generate an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSO and ISSM when denial-of-service (DoS) incidents are detected.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-76449	AKSD-WF-000036	SV-91145r1_rule		Medium

Description
Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action, and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information. The ALG generates an alert that notifies designated personnel of the Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) that require real-time alerts. These messages should include a severity level indicator or code as an indicator of the criticality of the incident. These indicators reflect the occurrence of a compromise or a potential compromise. Since these incidents require immediate action, these messages are assigned a critical or Level 1 priority/severity, depending on the system's priority schema. CJCSM 6510.01B, "Cyber Incident Handling Program", lists nine Cyber Incident and Reportable Event Categories. DoD has determined that categories identified by CJCSM 6510.01B Major Indicators (category 1, 2, 4, or 7 detection events) will require an alert when an event is detected. Alerts may be transmitted, for example, telephonically, by electronic mail messages, or by text messaging. The ALG must either send the alert to a management console that is actively monitored by authorized personnel or use a messaging capability to send the alert directly to designated personnel.

Description

Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action, and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information. The ALG generates an alert that notifies designated personnel of the Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) that require real-time alerts. These messages should include a severity level indicator or code as an indicator of the criticality of the incident. These indicators reflect the occurrence of a compromise or a potential compromise. Since these incidents require immediate action, these messages are assigned a critical or Level 1 priority/severity, depending on the system's priority schema. CJCSM 6510.01B, "Cyber Incident Handling Program", lists nine Cyber Incident and Reportable Event Categories. DoD has determined that categories identified by CJCSM 6510.01B Major Indicators (category 1, 2, 4, or 7 detection events) will require an alert when an event is detected. Alerts may be transmitted, for example, telephonically, by electronic mail messages, or by text messaging. The ALG must either send the alert to a management console that is actively monitored by authorized personnel or use a messaging capability to send the alert directly to designated personnel.

STIG	Date
Akamai KSD Service Impact Level 2 ALG Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-09-15

Details

Check Text ( C-76109r1_chk )
Confirm Kona Site Defender is configured to alert the ISSO, ISSM, and SA when detection events occur: 1. Log in to the Akamai Luna Portal (Caution-https://control.akamai.com). 2. Click the "Monitor" tab. 3. Under the "Security" section select "Security Monitor". 4. Click the "Notification" button (an icon shaped like a triangle with an exclamation point on the inside) 5. Click the "Configure Notification" button shaped like a plus sign. 6. Confirm that notifications are being sent when "Mitigated" is greater than (>) "1". If the alerts are not being sent, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-76109r1_chk )

Confirm Kona Site Defender is configured to alert the ISSO, ISSM, and SA when detection events occur:

1. Log in to the Akamai Luna Portal (Caution-https://control.akamai.com).
2. Click the "Monitor" tab.
3. Under the "Security" section select "Security Monitor".
4. Click the "Notification" button (an icon shaped like a triangle with an exclamation point on the inside)
5. Click the "Configure Notification" button shaped like a plus sign.
6. Confirm that notifications are being sent when "Mitigated" is greater than (>) "1".

If the alerts are not being sent, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-83127r1_fix)
Configure Kona Site Defender to alert the ISSO, ISSM, and SA when detection events occur: 1. Log in to the Akamai Luna Portal (Caution-https://control.akamai.com). 2. Click the "Monitor" tab. 3. Under the "Security" section select "Security Monitor". 4. Click the "Notification" button (an icon shaped like a triangle with an exclamation point on the inside) 5. Click the "Configure Notification" button shaped like a plus sign. 6. Click the "Add Notification" button shaped like a plus sign. 7. Click the "Show Advanced View" link. 8. Set the "Notification Name" to "WAF Activity Mitigated" 9. Enter a more detailed description in the “Description” text box. 10. Set the priority to "high". 11. In the "Notify When:" section, set "Mitigated" to greater than (>) "1". 12. Set the “Apply Filter:” dropdowns to “Host Name” and “Contains”, and enter the applicable host name in the text box. 13. Set "During:" to "1 Minute". 14. Set "Notify After:" to "1" occurrences. 15. Select the "Host Name" check box in the "For:" area. 16. Add the ISSO and ISSM emails to the "Email to:" field. 17. Click the “Save” button.

Fix Text (F-83127r1_fix)

Configure Kona Site Defender to alert the ISSO, ISSM, and SA when detection events occur:

1. Log in to the Akamai Luna Portal (Caution-https://control.akamai.com).
2. Click the "Monitor" tab.
3. Under the "Security" section select "Security Monitor".
4. Click the "Notification" button (an icon shaped like a triangle with an exclamation point on the inside)
5. Click the "Configure Notification" button shaped like a plus sign.
6. Click the "Add Notification" button shaped like a plus sign.
7. Click the "Show Advanced View" link.
8. Set the "Notification Name" to "WAF Activity Mitigated"
9. Enter a more detailed description in the “Description” text box.
10. Set the priority to "high".
11. In the "Notify When:" section, set "Mitigated" to greater than (>) "1".
12. Set the “Apply Filter:” dropdowns to “Host Name” and “Contains”, and enter the applicable host name in the text box.
13. Set "During:" to "1 Minute".
14. Set "Notify After:" to "1" occurrences.
15. Select the "Host Name" check box in the "For:" area.
16. Add the ISSO and ISSM emails to the "Email to:" field.
17. Click the “Save” button.