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
RHEL-06-000465-PNF	RHEL-06-000465-PNF	RHEL-06-000465-PNF_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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000465-PNF_chk )
RHEL6 supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000465-PNF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent not a finding. No fix is required.