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Firewall Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • In the event of a system failure of the firewall function, the firewall must be configured to save diagnostic information, log system messages, and load the most current security policies, rules, and signatures when restarted.

    <VulnDiscussion>Failure to a secure state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission needs of the organization. Failure to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000333

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The firewall must be configured to send traffic log entries to a central audit server for management and configuration of the traffic log entries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the traffic log entries, identification, troubleshooting, and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000335

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If communication with the central audit server is lost, the firewall must generate a real-time alert to, at a minimum, the SCA and ISSO.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without a real-time alert (less than a second), security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit functi...
    Rule Medium Severity

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