The network device must use automated mechanisms to alert security personnel to an organizationally defined list of inappropriate or unusual activities with security implications.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000092-NDM-000063	SRG-NET-000092-NDM-000063	SRG-NET-000092-NDM-000063_rule		Low

Description
Auditing of account use and user actions is a critical part of the security architecture. Auditable events must be logged. If the network device becomes unable to write events to the audit log, this is known as an audit processing failure. Audit processing failures include software and hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded. By immediately displaying an alarm message, potential security violations can be identified more quickly even when administrators are not logged into the network device. An example of a mechanism to facilitate this would be through the utilization of SNMP traps.

Description

Auditing of account use and user actions is a critical part of the security architecture. Auditable events must be logged. If the network device becomes unable to write events to the audit log, this is known as an audit processing failure. Audit processing failures include software and hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded. By immediately displaying an alarm message, potential security violations can be identified more quickly even when administrators are not logged into the network device. An example of a mechanism to facilitate this would be through the utilization of SNMP traps.

STIG	Date
Network Device Management Security Requirements Guide	2013-07-30

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000092-NDM-000063_chk )
Verify the network device uses automated mechanisms to alert security personnel to an organizationally defined list of inappropriate or unusual activities with security implications. If the network device does not use automated mechanisms to alert security personnel to an organizationally defined list of inappropriate or unusual activities with security implications, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-NET-000092-NDM-000063_fix)
Configure the network device to utilize automated mechanisms to alert security personnel to an organizationally defined list of inappropriate or unusual activities with security implications.