V-255777

Discussion

Information system logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Log record content that may be necessary to satisfy the requirement of this control includes, but is not limited to, time stamps, source and destination IP addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, application-specific events, success/fail indications, filenames involved, access control or flow control rules invoked. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited log storage capacity. Centralized management of log records provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. Messaging servers and their related components are required to off-load log records onto a different system or media than the system being logged. An HA configuration provides real-time synchronous replication of the logs to a mirrored MQ Appliance.

Check Content

Review system categorization to determine if redundancy is a requirement. If system categorization does not specify redundancy, interview system administrator to determine how they have configured the MQ appliance to off-load log files onto a different system.  

Perform on each member of the HA pair.

To access the MQ Appliance CLI, enter:
mqcli

dspmq -s -o ha

One of the appliances should be running as primary, the other as secondary.

If HA is not configured with the primary and secondary running, or if there is no mechanism implemented to off-load log records, this is a finding.