The firewall must fail to a secure state upon the failure of the following: system initialization, shutdown, or system abort.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-206696	SRG-NET-000235-FW-000133	SV-206696r604133_rule		Medium

Description
Failure to a known safe state helps prevent systems from failing to a state that may cause loss of data or unauthorized access to system resources. Network elements that fail suddenly and with no incorporated failure state planning may leave the hosting system available but with a reduced security protection capability. Preserving the information system state information also facilitates system restart and return to the operational mode of the organization with less disruption to mission-essential processes.

Description

Failure to a known safe state helps prevent systems from failing to a state that may cause loss of data or unauthorized access to system resources. Network elements that fail suddenly and with no incorporated failure state planning may leave the hosting system available but with a reduced security protection capability. Preserving the information system state information also facilitates system restart and return to the operational mode of the organization with less disruption to mission-essential processes.

STIG	Date
Firewall Security Requirements Guide	2020-12-04

Details

Check Text ( C-6953r457836_chk )
Verify the firewall stops forwarding traffic or maintains the configured security policies upon the failure of the following: system initialization, shutdown, or system abort. If the firewall does not stop forwarding traffic or maintain the configured security policies upon the failure of system initialization, shutdown, or system abort, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-6953r457837_fix)
Configure the firewall to stop forwarding traffic or maintain the configured security policies upon the failure of the following actions: system initialization, shutdown, or system abort.