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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.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-206698SRG-NET-000236-FW-000027SV-206698r604133_ruleCCI-001665medium
Description
Failure to a secure state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission needs of the organization. Failure to a secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure of the information system or a component of the system. Preserving state information helps to facilitate the restart of the firewall application and a return to the operational mode with less disruption. This requirement applies to a failure of the firewall function rather than the device or operating system as a whole, which is addressed in the Network Device Management SRG. Since it is usually not possible to test this functionality in a production environment, systems should be validated either in a testing environment or prior to installation. This requirement is usually a function of the design of the firewall. Compliance can be verified by acceptance/validation processes or vendor attestation.
STIGDate
Firewall Security Requirements Guide2024-12-04

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (9) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

BCD-01Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)
1.00
CFG-02Secure Baseline Configurations
1.00
CRY-01Use of Cryptographic Controls
1.00
DCH-01Data Protection
1.00
IAC-21Least Privilege
1.00
SEA-01Secure Engineering Principles
1.00
SEA-01.2Achieving Resilience Requirements
1.00
SEA-02Alignment With Enterprise Architecture
1.00
SEA-07.2Fail Secure
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (11) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-12(3)Changes by Authorized Individuals
1.00
AU-14(1)System Start-up
1.00
AU-3Content of Audit Records
1.00
AU-3(1)Additional Audit Information
1.00
AU-6(4)Central Review and Analysis
1.00
CM-7(2)Prevent Program Execution
1.00
SC-24Fail in Known State
1.00
SC-7Boundary Protection
1.00
SC-7(5)Deny by Default — Allow by Exception
1.00

+1 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001665
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.DS-10
1.00
PR.IR-03
1.00

Who does this work

13 NICE work roles and 8 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-206698r604133_chk)

View the firewall failover configuration or system documentation. Verify that in the event of a system failure of the firewall function, the firewall saves diagnostic information, logs system messages, and loads the most current security policies, rules, and signatures. Testing of this functionality in a production environment is not recommended. If in the event of a system failure of the firewall function the firewall does not save diagnostic information, log system messages, and load the most current security policies, rules, and signatures when restarted, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-6955r297874_fix)

Configure the firewall to fail securely in the event of a transiently corrupt state or failure condition. When the system restarts, the system boot process must not succeed without passing all self-tests for cryptographic algorithms, RNG tests, and software integrity tests.