MarkLogic Server must provide an immediate real-time alert to appropriate support staff of all audit failures.
Overview
Finding ID
Version
Rule ID
IA Controls
Severity
V-220382
ML09-00-007400
SV-220382r961401_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 a real-time alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and system operation may be adversely affected.
The appropriate support staff include, at a minimum, the ISSO and the DBA/SA.
A failure of database auditing will result in either the database continuing to function without auditing or a complete halt to database operations. When audit processing fails, appropriate personnel must be alerted immediately to avoid further downtime or unaudited transactions.
Alerts provide organizations with urgent messages. Real-time alerts provide these messages immediately (i.e., the time from event detection to alert occurs in seconds or less).
Review OS scripts, or third-party monitoring software settings to determine whether a real-time alert will be sent to the appropriate personnel when auditing fails for any reason.
If real-time alerts are not sent upon auditing failure, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-22086r401598_fix)
Configure the system to provide an immediate real-time alert to appropriate support staff when a specified audit failure occurs by using OS scripts or a third-party tool for audit failure events alerting.