STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM WebSphere Traditional V9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 23 Aug 2018:

The WebSphere Application Server must provide an immediate real-time alert to authorized users of all log failure events requiring real-time alerts.

DISA Rule

SV-95957r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-81243

Group Title

SRG-APP-000360-AS-000066

Rule Version

WBSP-AS-000630

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001858 - The information system provides a real-time alert in an organization-defined real-time period to organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations when organization-defined audit failure events requiring real-time alerts occur.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Establish and utilize a notification process for WebSphere log events or configure WebSphere to send log events alerts via email.

In the administrative console, navigate to Security >> Security auditing >> Audit monitor.

Select a "Monitor" notification from the dropdown box or create a new notification.

Click on "New".

Specify a unique name for the new notification.

Click "Message log" checkbox.

Select "Email sent to notification list".

Enter emails in the "Email address to add" field.

Enter the mail server address in the "Outgoing mail (STMP) server" field.

Click ">" to put email in "List of email addresses" field.

Click "OK".

Select the "Enable monitoring" check box to turn on audit failure notifications.

Select the notification configuration to be used from the "Monitor notification" dropdown menu.

Click "OK".

Click "Save".

Check Contents

If notifications of log processing failures are done via an alternative notification process, this is not a finding.

In the administrative console, navigate to Security >> Security auditing >> Audit monitor.

If "Enabled monitoring" is not checked and "Monitor notification" is not set to a name in the notifications list, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-81243

Documentable

False

Rule Version

WBSP-AS-000630

Severity Override Guidance

If notifications of log processing failures are done via an alternative notification process, this is not a finding.

In the administrative console, navigate to Security >> Security auditing >> Audit monitor.

If "Enabled monitoring" is not checked and "Monitor notification" is not set to a name in the notifications list, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

3399

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