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Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-206904	SRG-NET-000335-IDPS-00223	SV-206904r856542_rule		Medium

Description

It is critical that when the IDPS is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it takes action to mitigate the failure Audit processing failures include: software/hardware errors; failures in the audit capturing mechanisms; and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded. Since action must be taken immediately, these messages will be designated as a critical severity level and this level must be sent as part of the alert message.

STIG	Date
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems Security Requirements Guide	2025-05-19

Check Text (C-7158r298224_chk)

Verify the IDPS provides assign a critical severity level to all audit processing failures. If the IDPS does not assign a critical severity level to all audit processing failures, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-7158r298225_fix)

Configure the IDPS to assign a critical severity level to all audit processing failures.