The system must alert an administrator when low resource conditions are encountered.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>In order to prevent DoS type attacks, applications should be monitored when resource conditions reach a predefined threshold. This could indicate the onset of a DoS attack or could be the precursor to an application outage.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-222668r879887_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Implement mechanisms to alert system administrators about a low resource condition.