Critical alerts must be generated and notifications sent to authorized personnel regardless if the person is logged in.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-14648	NET0391	SV-15274r2_rule	ECAR-1 ECAR-2 ECAR-3 ECSC-1	Medium

Description
By immediately displaying an alarm message, identifying the potential security violation and making it accessible with the audit record contents associated with the event(s) that generated the alarm provides the administration staff prompt alert messages, regardless if the person is logged into the system.

STIG	Date
Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide - Cisco	2017-12-07

Details

Check Text ( C-12664r2_chk )
Review the firewall configuration to determine what alerts have been defined and how the notifications are performed. If the firewall doesn't have the proper alerts defined, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-14108r2_fix)
Configure the firewall to immediately notify authorized personnel of critical alerts.