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V-242662

CAT II (Medium)

The Cisco ISE must initiate session auditing upon startup.

Rule ID

SV-242662r960888_rule

STIG

Cisco ISE NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-001464

Discussion

If auditing is enabled late in the startup process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.

Check Content

Verify logging is initiated upon system startup. Since the production may not be able to be manually started to observe this, review the logging categories setup.

From the Web Admin portal:
1. Choose Administration >> System >> Logging >> Logging Categories.
2. Verify the Administrative and Operational Audit is configured for the INFO log severity level.
3. Verify that logging categories have been configured and have been set to the syslog target.

If logging categories are not configured to send to the central syslog server, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Enable logging categories for Cisco ISE to send auditable events to the syslog target. 

From the Web Admin portal:
1. Choose Administration >> System >> Logging >> Logging Categories.
2. Click the radio button next to the Administrative and Operational Audit logging category and then click "Edit".
3. Choose INFO from the Log Severity Level drop-down list.
4. In the Targets field, move the syslog target name that is being used to the Selected box.
5. Repeat the above steps to enable the AAA Audit logging category and other logging categorized desired. However, note that for some logging categories, the default log severity level and cannot be changed.
5. Click "Save".