The MQ Appliance network device must generate an immediate alert when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-74993	MQMH-ND-001040	SV-89667r1_rule		Medium

Description
If security personnel are not notified immediately upon storage volume utilization reaching 75 percent, they are unable to plan for storage capacity expansion. This could lead to the loss of audit information. Note that while the MQ Appliance network device must generate the alert, notification may be done by a management server. At the syslog server, set up event notification triggers for the following event codes: 0x80c0006a, 0x82400067, 0x00330034, 0x80400080. Note: The above notifications will occur if there is an interruption in logging information being sent to its intended external logging target. Configuring notification of storage capacity events occurring at the external logging server (e.g., 75 percent capacity) is the responsibility of that server's server administrator. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000359-NDM-000294, SRG-APP-000360-NDM-000295

Description

If security personnel are not notified immediately upon storage volume utilization reaching 75 percent, they are unable to plan for storage capacity expansion. This could lead to the loss of audit information. Note that while the MQ Appliance network device must generate the alert, notification may be done by a management server. At the syslog server, set up event notification triggers for the following event codes: 0x80c0006a, 0x82400067, 0x00330034, 0x80400080. Note: The above notifications will occur if there is an interruption in logging information being sent to its intended external logging target. Configuring notification of storage capacity events occurring at the external logging server (e.g., 75 percent capacity) is the responsibility of that server's server administrator. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000359-NDM-000294, SRG-APP-000360-NDM-000295

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

Details

Check Text ( C-74845r1_chk )
Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user. Enter: co show logging target All configured logging targets will be displayed. Verify: - This list includes a remote syslog notification target; and - It includes all desired log event source and log level parameters: event audit info event auth notice event mgmt notice event cli notice event user notice event system error Ask the system admin to provide evidence the following alert triggers have been set up: 0x80c0006a, 0x82400067, 0x00330034, 0x80400080. Verify alerts are immediately sent when syslog storage capacity reaches 75% of maximum audit record storage capacity. If any is not true, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-74845r1_chk )

Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user.

Enter:
co
show logging target

All configured logging targets will be displayed. Verify:
- This list includes a remote syslog notification target; and
- It includes all desired log event source and log level parameters:
event audit info
event auth notice
event mgmt notice
event cli notice
event user notice
event system error

Ask the system admin to provide evidence the following alert triggers have been set up:
0x80c0006a, 0x82400067, 0x00330034, 0x80400080.

Verify alerts are immediately sent when syslog storage capacity reaches 75% of maximum audit record storage capacity.

If any is not true, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-81609r2_fix)
Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user. To enter global configuration mode, enter "config". To create a syslog target, enter: logging target type syslog admin-state enabled local-address remote-address remote-port event audit info event auth notice event mgmt notice event cli notice event user notice event system error exit write mem y At the syslog server, set up event notification triggers for the following event codes: 0x80c0006a, 0x82400067, 0x00330034, 0x80400080. Set up notifications to immediately alert when audit record storage utilization exceeds 75% of storage capacity.

Fix Text (F-81609r2_fix)

Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user.

To enter global configuration mode, enter "config".

To create a syslog target, enter:
logging target
type syslog
admin-state enabled
local-address
remote-address
remote-port
event audit info
event auth notice
event mgmt notice
event cli notice
event user notice
event system error
exit
write mem
y

At the syslog server, set up event notification triggers for the following event codes: 0x80c0006a, 0x82400067, 0x00330034, 0x80400080.

Set up notifications to immediately alert when audit record storage utilization exceeds 75% of storage capacity.