The firewall must fail to a secure state upon the failure of the following: system initialization, shutdown, or system abort.
Overview
Finding ID
Version
Rule ID
IA Controls
Severity
V-206696
SRG-NET-000235-FW-000133
SV-206696r604133_rule
Medium
Description
Failure to a known safe state helps prevent systems from failing to a state that may cause loss of data or unauthorized access to system resources. Network elements that fail suddenly and with no incorporated failure state planning may leave the hosting system available but with a reduced security protection capability. Preserving the information system state information also facilitates system restart and return to the operational mode of the organization with less disruption to mission-essential processes.
Verify the firewall stops forwarding traffic or maintains the configured security policies upon the failure of the following: system initialization, shutdown, or system abort.
If the firewall does not stop forwarding traffic or maintain the configured security policies upon the failure of system initialization, shutdown, or system abort, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-6953r457837_fix)
Configure the firewall to stop forwarding traffic or maintain the configured security policies upon the failure of the following actions: system initialization, shutdown, or system abort.