The Windows 2008 DNS Server must, when a component failure is detected, activate a notification to the system administrator.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-58711	WDNS-SI-000005	SV-83223r2_rule		Medium

Description
Predictable failure prevention requires organizational planning to address system failure issues. If components key to maintaining systems security fail to function, the system could continue operating in an insecure state. The organization must be prepared, and the application must support requirements that specify if the application must alarm for such conditions and/or automatically shut down the application or the system. This can include conducting a graceful application shutdown to avoid losing information. Automatic or manual transfer of components from standby to active mode can occur, for example, upon detection of component failures.

Description

Predictable failure prevention requires organizational planning to address system failure issues. If components key to maintaining systems security fail to function, the system could continue operating in an insecure state. The organization must be prepared, and the application must support requirements that specify if the application must alarm for such conditions and/or automatically shut down the application or the system. This can include conducting a graceful application shutdown to avoid losing information. Automatic or manual transfer of components from standby to active mode can occur, for example, upon detection of component failures.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Domain Name System Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-01-04

Details

Check Text ( C-59585r2_chk )
Notification to system administrator is not configurable in Windows 2008. In order for system administrators to be notified when a component fails, the system administrator would need to implement a third-party monitoring system. At a minimum, the system administrator should have a documented procedure in place to review the diagnostic logs on a routine basis every day. If a third-party monitoring system is not in place to detect and notify the system administrator upon component failures and the system administrator does not have a documented procedure in place to review the diagnostic logs on a routine basis every day, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-59585r2_chk )

Notification to system administrator is not configurable in Windows 2008. In order for system administrators to be notified when a component fails, the system administrator would need to implement a third-party monitoring system. At a minimum, the system administrator should have a documented procedure in place to review the diagnostic logs on a routine basis every day.

If a third-party monitoring system is not in place to detect and notify the system administrator upon component failures and the system administrator does not have a documented procedure in place to review the diagnostic logs on a routine basis every day, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-64095r3_fix)
Implement a third-party monitoring system to detect and notify the system administrator upon component failure or, at a minimum, document and implement a procedure to review the diagnostic logs on a routine basis every day.