The Mainframe Product must either shut down, restart, and/or notify the appropriate personnel when anomalies in the operation of the security functions as defined in site security plan are discovered.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-68499	SRG-APP-000474-MFP-000373	SV-82989r1_rule		Medium

Description
If anomalies are not acted on, security functions may fail to secure the system. Security function is defined as the hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based. Security functionality includes, but is not limited to, establishing system accounts, configuring access authorizations (i.e., permissions, privileges), setting events to be audited, and setting intrusion detection parameters. Notifications provided by information systems include messages to local computer consoles, and/or hardware indications, such as lights. This requirement applies to applications performing security functions and the applications performing security function verification/testing.

Description

If anomalies are not acted on, security functions may fail to secure the system. Security function is defined as the hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based. Security functionality includes, but is not limited to, establishing system accounts, configuring access authorizations (i.e., permissions, privileges), setting events to be audited, and setting intrusion detection parameters. Notifications provided by information systems include messages to local computer consoles, and/or hardware indications, such as lights. This requirement applies to applications performing security functions and the applications performing security function verification/testing.

STIG	Date
Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide	2016-04-18

Details

Check Text ( C-69031r1_chk )
Examine installation and configuration setting If the Mainframe Product is not configured to shut down; and/or restart and notify system programmer and operation staff when anomalies in the operation of security functions as defined by site security plan are discovered, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-74615r1_fix)
Configure the Mainframe Product to shut down; and/or restart and notify system programmer and operation staff when anomalies in the operation of the security functions as defined in site security plan are discovered.