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Cisco IOS Router NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R7

Benchmark ID

Cisco_IOS_Router_NDM_STIG

Total Checks

43

Tags

networkmobile

CAT I: 8CAT II: 35CAT III: 0

This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DOD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

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V-215662MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.V-215663MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account creation.V-215664MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account modification.V-215665MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.V-215666MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions.V-215667MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the device based on control policies.V-215668MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must lock out the user account from accessing the device for 15 minutes.V-215669MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.V-215670MEDIUMThe Cisco device must be configured to audit all administrator activity.V-215672MEDIUMThe Cisco router must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.V-215673MEDIUMThe Cisco router must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.V-215674MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.V-215675MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.V-215676MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.V-215677MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries.V-215678HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and nonsecure functions and services.V-215679MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured with only one local account to be used as the account of last resort in the event the authentication server is unavailable.V-215681MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.V-215682MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.V-215683MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.V-215684MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.V-215685MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.V-215686MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to require that when a password is changed, the characters are changed in at least eight of the positions within the password.V-215687HIGHThe Cisco router must only store cryptographic representations of passwords.V-215688HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after five minutes of inactivity.V-215689MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions.V-215691MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.V-215692MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.V-215693MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.V-215696MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).V-215697MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.V-215698MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication with FIPS-compliant algorithms.V-215699HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions.V-215700HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.V-215701MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.V-215703MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.V-215704MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.V-215705MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.V-215709HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to use at least two authentication servers for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.V-215710MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to back up the configuration when changes occur.V-215711MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.V-220136HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to send log data to at least two syslog servers for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the ISSO.V-220137HIGHThe Cisco router must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.