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APSC-DV-003330 The system must alert an administrator when low resource conditions are encountered.

DISA STIG library V6R5
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to SI-4(12) via CCI-001274

Title

The system must alert an administrator when low resource conditions are encountered.

Control

Review the system documentation and interview the application and system administrators. Examine the system to determine if an automated, continuous on-line monitoring and audit trail creation capability is present with the capability to immediately alert personnel of any unusual or inappropriate activity with potential IA implications, and with a user configurable capability to automatically disable the system if serious IA violations are detected. If this monitoring capability does not exist, this is a finding.

Discussion

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.

Related controls

CCI-001274

Fix

Implement mechanisms to alert system administrators about a low resource condition.