The operating system must alert the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.

From General Purpose Operating System SRG

Associated with: CCI-000139

SV-70921r1_rule The operating system must alert the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.

Vulnerability discussion

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 this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and system operation may be adversely affected.Audit processing failures include software/hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded.This requirement applies to each audit data storage repository (i.e., distinct information system component where audit records are stored), the centralized audit storage capacity of organizations (i.e., all audit data storage repositories combined), or both.

Check content

Verify the operating system alerts the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the operating system to alert the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.

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