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Cisco IOS Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R7

Benchmark ID

Cisco_IOS_Switch_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-220570MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.V-220571MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account creation.V-220572MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account modification.V-220573MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.V-220574MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions.V-220575MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the device based on control policies.V-220576MEDIUMThe Cisco switch 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-220577MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.V-220578MEDIUMThe Cisco device must be configured to audit all administrator activity.V-220580MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.V-220581MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.V-220582MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.V-220583MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.V-220584MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.V-220585MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries.V-220586HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and non-secure functions and services.V-220587MEDIUMThe Cisco switch 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-220589MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.V-220590MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.V-220591MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.V-220592MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.V-220593MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.V-220594MEDIUMThe Cisco switch 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-220595HIGHThe Cisco switch must only store cryptographic representations of passwords.V-220596HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after five minutes of inactivity.V-220597MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions.V-220599MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.V-220600MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.V-220601MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.V-220604MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).V-220605MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.V-220606MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication with FIPS-compliant algorithms.V-220607HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions.V-220608HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.V-220609MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.V-220611MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.V-220612MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.V-220613MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.V-220617HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to use at least two authentication servers to authenticate users prior to granting administrative access.V-220618MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to support organizational requirements to conduct backups of the configuration when changes occur.V-220619MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.V-220620HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to send log data to at least two central log servers for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the information system security officer (ISSO).V-220621HIGHThe Cisco switch must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.