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Cisco IOS XE Router NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R7

Benchmark ID

Cisco_IOS-XE_Router_NDM_STIG

Total Checks

42

Tags

networkmobile
CAT I: 8CAT II: 34CAT 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-215807MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.V-215808MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account creation.V-215809MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account modification.V-215810MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.V-215811MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions.V-215812MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the device based on control policies.V-215813MEDIUMThe 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-215814MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.V-215815MEDIUMThe Cisco device must be configured to audit all administrator activity.V-215817MEDIUMThe Cisco router must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.V-215818MEDIUMThe Cisco router must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.V-215819MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.V-215820MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.V-215821MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.V-215822MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries.V-215823HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and nonsecure functions and services.V-215824MEDIUMThe 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-215826MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.V-215827MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.V-215828MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.V-215829MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.V-215830MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.V-215831MEDIUMThe 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-215832HIGHThe Cisco router must only store cryptographic representations of passwords.V-215833HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after five minutes of inactivity.V-215834MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions.V-215836MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.V-215837MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.V-215838MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.V-215841MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).V-215842MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.V-215843MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.V-215844HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions.V-215845HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.V-215848MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.V-215849MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.V-215850MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.V-215854HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to use at least two authentication servers for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.V-215855MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to back up the configuration when changes occur.V-215856MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.V-220139HIGHThe 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 information system security officer (ISSO).V-220140HIGHThe Cisco router must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.