The MQ Appliance network device must activate a system alert message, send an alarm, and/or automatically shut down when a component failure is detected.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-74983	MQMH-ND-000830	SV-89657r1_rule		Medium

Description
Predictable failure prevention requires organizational planning to address device failure issues. If components key to maintaining the device's security fail to function, the device could continue operating in an insecure state. If appropriate actions are not taken when an MQ Appliance network device failure occurs, a denial of service condition may occur, which could result in mission failure since the network would be operating without a critical security monitoring and prevention function. Upon detecting a failure of MQ Appliance network device security components, the MQ Appliance network device must activate a system alert message, send an alarm, or shut down. With failure notification enabled, an error report can be sent to a designated recipient or uploaded to a specific location after the appliance returns to service from an unscheduled outage. This error report can contain diagnostic details. Intrusion detection will provide a warning and restart in Fail-Safe mode. (See https://ibm.biz/Bd4NJ5)

Description

Predictable failure prevention requires organizational planning to address device failure issues. If components key to maintaining the device's security fail to function, the device could continue operating in an insecure state. If appropriate actions are not taken when an MQ Appliance network device failure occurs, a denial of service condition may occur, which could result in mission failure since the network would be operating without a critical security monitoring and prevention function. Upon detecting a failure of MQ Appliance network device security components, the MQ Appliance network device must activate a system alert message, send an alarm, or shut down. With failure notification enabled, an error report can be sent to a designated recipient or uploaded to a specific location after the appliance returns to service from an unscheduled outage. This error report can contain diagnostic details. Intrusion detection will provide a warning and restart in Fail-Safe mode. (See https://ibm.biz/Bd4NJ5)

STIG	Date
IBM MQ Appliance v9.0 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-06-06

Details

Check Text ( C-74835r1_chk )
Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user. Enter: failure-notification show failure-notification Examine the configured parameters to verify the current configuration, including the notification address. If the MQ Appliance is not configured to send an alert when a component failure is detected, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-81599r1_fix)
Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user. Enter: co failure-notification admin-state enabled upload-report location-id use-smtp on protocol smtp email-address remote-address internal-state on ffdc packet-capture on ffdc event-log on ffdc memory-trace on always-on-startup on always-on-shutdown on report-history exit write mem y