The firewall implementation must notify the appropriate individuals when accounts are created.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000006-FW-000006	SRG-NET-000006-FW-000006	SRG-NET-000006-FW-000006_rule		Low

Description
Because the accounts used to access the firewall components are privileged or system level accounts, account management is vital to the security of the system. In order to detect and respond to events affecting user accessibility and firewall service processing, the system must audit account creation and, when required, notify the organizationally identified individuals, so they can investigate the event to ensure its validity. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk of unauthorized access to the system and provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. This requirement is applicable to accounts created or maintained using the firewall application itself rather than the underlying OS or an authentication server. Accounts created and maintained on AAA devices (e.g., RADIUS, LDAP, or Active Directory) are secured using the applicable security guide or STIG.

Description

Because the accounts used to access the firewall components are privileged or system level accounts, account management is vital to the security of the system. In order to detect and respond to events affecting user accessibility and firewall service processing, the system must audit account creation and, when required, notify the organizationally identified individuals, so they can investigate the event to ensure its validity. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk of unauthorized access to the system and provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. This requirement is applicable to accounts created or maintained using the firewall application itself rather than the underlying OS or an authentication server. Accounts created and maintained on AAA devices (e.g., RADIUS, LDAP, or Active Directory) are secured using the applicable security guide or STIG.

STIG	Date
Firewall Security Requirements Guide	2012-12-10

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000006-FW-000006_chk )
Verify the list of configured alerts includes a notice for account creation. Verify the notice is sent to organizationally identified individuals. If there is not a viewable configurable option, request the administrator create an account and validate that notifications are sent to the organizationally identified individuals. If the system is not configured to notify the organizationally identified individuals when accounts are created, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000006-FW-000006_chk )

Verify the list of configured alerts includes a notice for account creation.
Verify the notice is sent to organizationally identified individuals.
If there is not a viewable configurable option, request the administrator create an account and validate that notifications are sent to the organizationally identified individuals.

If the system is not configured to notify the organizationally identified individuals when accounts are created, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-NET-000006-FW-000006_fix)
Configure the firewall implementation to send a notification message to organizationally identified individuals (e.g., designated system administrators and/or account holder) when accounts are created.