V-206698
Firewall Security Requirements Guide
Title
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.
Description
<VulnDiscussion>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...
Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)
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.