The network element must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000102-FW-NA	SRG-NET-000102-FW-NA	SRG-NET-000102-FW-NA_rule		Low

Description
Auditing of account use and user actions is a critical part of the security architecture. Auditable events must be logged. If the firewall becomes unable to write events to the audit log, this is known as an audit processing failure. Audit processing failures include software and hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded. It is imperative the auditing tools are secured and can only be accessed by authorized personnel. Protection of audit tools is not a function of the firewall. Installation of non-firewall functionality is discouraged.

Description

Auditing of account use and user actions is a critical part of the security architecture. Auditable events must be logged. If the firewall becomes unable to write events to the audit log, this is known as an audit processing failure. Audit processing failures include software and hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded. It is imperative the auditing tools are secured and can only be accessed by authorized personnel. Protection of audit tools is not a function of the firewall. Installation of non-firewall functionality is discouraged.

STIG	Date
Firewall Security Requirements Guide	2012-12-10

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000102-FW-NA_chk )
This requirement is NA for firewall. No fix required.

Fix Text (F-SRG-NET-000102-FW-NA_fix)
This requirement is NA for firewall. No fix required.