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Cisco IOS XE Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R6

Benchmark ID

Cisco_IOS_XE_Switch_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-220518MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.V-220519MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account creation.V-220520MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account modification.V-220521MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.V-220522MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions.V-220523MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the device based on control policies.V-220524MEDIUMThe 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-220525MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.V-220526MEDIUMThe Cisco device must be configured to audit all administrator activity.V-220528MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.V-220529MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.V-220530MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.V-220531MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.V-220532MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.V-220533MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries.V-220534HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and nonsecure functions and services.V-220535MEDIUMThe 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-220537MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.V-220538MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.V-220539MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.V-220540MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.V-220541MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.V-220542MEDIUMThe 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-220543HIGHThe Cisco switch must only store cryptographic representations of passwords.V-220544HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after five minutes of inactivity.V-220545MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions.V-220547MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.V-220548MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.V-220549MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.V-220552MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).V-220553MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.V-220554MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.V-220555HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions.V-220556HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.V-220559MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.V-220560MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.V-220561MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.V-220565HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to use at least two authentication servers for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.V-220566MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to support organizational requirements to conduct backups of the configuration when changes occur.V-220567MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.V-220568HIGHThe 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-220569HIGHThe Cisco switch must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.