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The router must be configured to stop forwarding traffic upon the failure of the following actions: system initialization, shutdown, or system abort.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-207146SRG-NET-000235-RTR-000114SV-207146r604135_ruleCCI-001190medium
Description
Failure to a known safe state helps prevent systems from failing to a state that may cause loss of data or unauthorized access to system resources. Routers that fail suddenly and with no incorporated failure state planning may leave the hosting system available but with a reduced security protection capability. Preserving information system state information also facilitates system restart and return to the operational mode of the organization with less disruption to mission-essential processes. If the router fails in an unsecure manner (open), unauthorized traffic originating externally to the enclave may enter, or the device may permit unauthorized information release. Fail secure is a condition achieved by employing information system mechanisms to ensure, in the event of a device initialization failure, a device shutdown failure, or an abort failure of the router, that it does not enter into an unsecure state where intended security properties no longer hold. If the device fails, it must not fail in a manner that will allow unauthorized access. If the router fails for any reason, it must stop forwarding traffic altogether or maintain the configured security policies. If the device stops forwarding traffic, maintaining network availability would be achieved through device redundancy. Since it is usually not possible to test this capability in a production environment, systems should either be validated in a testing environment or prior to installation. This requirement is usually a function of the design of the router component. Compliance can be verified by acceptance/validation processes or vendor attestation.
STIGDate
Router Security Requirements Guide2025-09-10

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 (7) 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-3(2)Centralized Management of Planned Audit Record Content
1.00
AU-5Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
1.00
SC-24Fail in Known State
1.00
SC-5Denial-of-service Protection
1.00
SC-7Boundary Protection
1.00
SC-7(11)Restrict Incoming Communications Traffic
1.00
SC-7(5)Deny by Default — Allow by Exception
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001190
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-207146r604135_chk)

Verify the router stops forwarding traffic or maintains the configured security policies upon the failure of the following actions: system initialization, shutdown, or system abort. If the router does not stop forwarding traffic or maintain the configured security policies upon the failure of system initialization, shutdown, or system abort, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-7407r382422_fix)

This is a capability that would be intrinsic to the router as a result of its development and may not be configurable. If it is a configurable option, configure the router to stop forwarding traffic or maintain the configured security policies upon the failure of the following actions: system initialization, shutdown, or system abort.