The firewall implementation must allow designated organizational personnel to select which auditable events are to be audited by specific components of the system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000114-FW-000071	SRG-NET-000114-FW-000071	SRG-NET-000114-FW-000071_rule		Low

Description
Logging the actions of specific events provides a way to investigate an attack, recognize resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or to identify an improperly configured network element. If administrators do not have granular control of the rule to be applied and logged for later analysis, then malicious attacks may be missed. Configuration of the audit log, particularly the audit events captured must be restricted to access by designated individuals only.

Description

Logging the actions of specific events provides a way to investigate an attack, recognize resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or to identify an improperly configured network element. If administrators do not have granular control of the rule to be applied and logged for later analysis, then malicious attacks may be missed. Configuration of the audit log, particularly the audit events captured must be restricted to access by designated individuals only.

STIG	Date
Firewall Security Requirements Guide	2012-12-10

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000114-FW-000071_chk )
Obtain a list of organizationally defined events which should be logged. Verify this list of events is configured for logging by viewing the firewall event alert functionality. If the firewall implementation does not allow administrators to select which auditable events are logged, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-NET-000114-FW-000071_fix)
Configure the firewall implementation settings to allow authorized personnel to select which auditable events are audited.