The ISSO must ensure an alert will remain written on the consoles until acknowledged by an administrator.

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Part of Alerts must remain until acknowledged.

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1, ECAR-3, ECAR-2, ECAR-1

SV-15281r2_rule The ISSO must ensure an alert will remain written on the consoles until acknowledged by an administrator.

Vulnerability discussion

Critical alerts require immediate response. Critical alerts must not roll off the screens. The requirements are necessary to ensure an administrator will be aware of the alerts or alarm. The intent is to ensure that if an administrator is physically at the remote workstation the message will remain displayed until they have acknowledged it.

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Review the firewall configuration to determine what alerts have been defined and how the notifications are performed. Verify alerts generated will remain until acknowledged. If the device is not configured to send or retain notifications until acknowledgement, this is a finding.

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Configure the firewall to send an alarm or retain an alert message until acknowledged.

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