The DBMS must alert designated organizational officials in the event of an audit processing failure.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-32382	SRG-APP-000108-DB-000048	SV-42719r1_rule		Medium

Description
It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Audit processing failures include: software/hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded. A failure of database auditing will result in either the database continuing to function without auditing or in a complete halt to database operations. When audit processing fails, appropriate personnel must be alerted immediately to avoid further downtime or unaudited transactions.

Description

It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Audit processing failures include: software/hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded. A failure of database auditing will result in either the database continuing to function without auditing or in a complete halt to database operations. When audit processing fails, appropriate personnel must be alerted immediately to avoid further downtime or unaudited transactions.

STIG	Date
Database Security Requirements Guide	2012-07-02

Details

Check Text ( C-40824r1_chk )
Review DBMS, OS, or third party logging application settings to determine whether an alert will be sent to the designated organizational personnel when auditing fails for any reason. If no alert will be sent, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-36297r1_fix)
Modify DBMS, OS, or third party logging application settings to alert designated organizational personnel when auditing fails for any reason.