Splunk Enterprise must notify the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) of all audit failure events, such as loss of communications with hosts and devices, or if log records are no longer being received.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-221626	SPLK-CL-000300	SV-221626r961401_rule		Low

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 a real-time alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit function and application operation may be adversely affected.

STIG	Date
Splunk Enterprise 7.x for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-23341r416335_chk )
If the Splunk instance is used for Tier 2 CSSP (formerly CND-SP) or JRSS analysis, this check is N/A. Interview the SA to verify that a process exists to notify the SA and ISSO of any audit failure, such as loss of communication or logs no longer being collected. Interview the ISSO to confirm receipt of this notification. If a report does not exist to notify the SA and ISSO of audit failure events, or the ISSO does not confirm receipt of the report, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-23341r416335_chk )

If the Splunk instance is used for Tier 2 CSSP (formerly CND-SP) or JRSS analysis, this check is N/A.

Interview the SA to verify that a process exists to notify the SA and ISSO of any audit failure, such as loss of communication or logs no longer being collected.

Interview the ISSO to confirm receipt of this notification.

If a report does not exist to notify the SA and ISSO of audit failure events, or the ISSO does not confirm receipt of the report, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-23330r416336_fix)
If the Splunk instance is used for Tier 2 CSSP (formerly CND-SP) or JRSS analysis, this fix is N/A. Configure Splunk Enterprise using the reporting and notification tools to create a report with notification to the SA and ISSO of any audit failure events, such as loss of communication or logs no longer being collected.