The HP FlexFabric Switch must generate an immediate real-time alert of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.

It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without a real-time alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability and system operation may be adversely affected.

Alerts provide organizations with urgent messages. Real-time alerts provide these messages immediately (i.e., the time from event detection to alert occurs in seconds or less).

Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch provides the capability for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed based on all selectable event criteria within near-real-time.

[HP] display info-center

Information Center: Enabled Console: Enabled Monitor: Enabled Log host: Enabled 192.100.50.27, port number: 514, host facility: local7 Log buffer: Enabled Max buffer size 1024, current buffer size 512 Current messages 66, dropped messages 0, overwritten messages 0 Log file: Enabled Security log file: Enabled Information timestamp format: Log host: Date Other output destination: Date

If the HP FlexFabric Switch does not provide the capability for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed based on all selectable event criteria within near-real-time, this is a finding.

Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch to generate an immediate real-time alert of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.

[HP] info-center enable