The network device must alert the IAO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-55151	SRG-APP-000108-NDM-000232	SV-69397r1_rule		Medium

Description
It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability and system operation may be adversely affected. Audit processing failures include software/hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded.

Description

It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability and system operation may be adversely affected. Audit processing failures include software/hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded.

STIG	Date
Network Device Management Security Requirements Guide	2015-06-26

Details

Check Text ( C-55771r1_chk )
Determine if the network device is configured to alert the IAO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure. This requirement can be met by a central audit server if the network device is configured to send audit logs to that audit server. If the IAO and SA are not being alerted in the event of an audit processing failure, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60015r1_fix)
Configure the network device to alert the IAO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.