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V-58059

The DBMS must provide an immediate real-time alert to appropriate support staff of all audit logfailure failuresevents requiring real-time alerts.

Finding ID
SRG-APP-000360-DB-000320
Rule ID
SV-72489r2_rule72489r1_rule
Severity
Cat II
CCE
(None)
Group Title
SRG-APP-000360-DB-000320
CCI
CCI-001858
Target Key
(None)
Documentable
No
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 a real-time alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and system operation may be adversely affected. The appropriate support staff include, at a minimum, the ISSO and the DBA/SA. A failure of database auditing will result in either the database continuing to function without auditing or in a complete halt to database operations. When audit processing fails, appropriate personnel must be alerted immediately to avoid further downtime or unaudited transactions. Alerts provide organizations with urgent messages. Real-time alerts provide these messages immediately (i.e., the time from event detection to alert occurs in seconds or less).

Fix Text

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Check Content

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