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Application Server Security Requirements Guide
SRG-APP-000225
The application server must fail to a secure state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
The application server must fail to a secure state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
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The application server must fail to a secure state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Fail-secure is a condition achieved by the application server in order to ensure that in the event of an operational failure, the system does not enter into an unsecure state where intended security properties no longer hold. Preserving information system state information also facilitates system restart and return to the operational mode of the organization with less disruption of mission-essential processes.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>