The operating system must support the requirement that organizations, if an information system component failure is detected must activate an organization-defined alarm and/or automatically shuts down the operating system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-29118	SRG-OS-000207	SV-37112r1_rule		Medium

Description
Predictable failure prevention requires organizational planning to address system failure issues. If a subsystem of the operating system, hardware, or the operating system itself, is key to maintaining systems and security fails to function, the system could continue operating in an insecure state. The organization must be prepared for and the operating system must support capability that alarms for such conditions and/or automatically shuts down the operating system or the subsystem of the operating system.

Description

Predictable failure prevention requires organizational planning to address system failure issues. If a subsystem of the operating system, hardware, or the operating system itself, is key to maintaining systems and security fails to function, the system could continue operating in an insecure state. The organization must be prepared for and the operating system must support capability that alarms for such conditions and/or automatically shuts down the operating system or the subsystem of the operating system.

STIG	Date
Operating System Security Requirements Guide	2011-12-28

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