Skip to content
Catalogs
XCCDF
Cisco ASA Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-NET-000392-FW-000042
The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate an alert that can be forwarded to organization-defined personnel and/or the firewall administrator when denial-of-service (DoS) incidents are detected.
The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate an alert that can be forwarded to organization-defined personnel and/or the firewall administrator when denial-of-service (DoS) incidents are detected. An XCCDF Rule
The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate an alert that can be forwarded to organization-defined personnel and/or the firewall administrator when denial-of-service (DoS) incidents are detected.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action, and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information.
The firewall generates an alert that notifies designated personnel of the Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), which require real-time alerts. These messages should include a severity level indicator or code as an indicator of the criticality of the incident. These indicators reflect the occurrence of a compromise or a potential compromise.
Since these incidents require immediate action, these messages are assigned a critical or level 1 priority/severity, depending on the system's priority schema.
CJCSM 6510.01B, "Cyber Incident Handling Program", lists nine Cyber Incident and Reportable Event Categories. DoD has determined that categories identified by CJCSM 6510.01B Major Indicators (category 1, 2, 4, or 7 detection events) will require an alert when an event is detected.
Alerts may be transmitted, for example, telephonically, by electronic mail messages, or by text messaging. The firewall must either send the alert to a management console that is actively monitored by authorized personnel or use a messaging capability to send the alert directly to designated personnel. The ISSM or ISSO may designate the firewall/system administrator or other authorized personnel to receive the alert within the specified time, validate the alert, and then forward only validated alerts to the ISSM and ISSO.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>