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Cisco IOS XR Router NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R6

Benchmark ID

Cisco_IOS-XR_Router_NDM_STIG

Total Checks

27

Tags

networkmobile
CAT I: 7CAT II: 20CAT 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-216522MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.V-216523MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the device based on control policies.V-216524MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts after which time lock out the user account from accessing the device for 15 minutes.V-216525MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.V-216526MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to logon with access privileges occur.V-216527MEDIUMThe Cisco router must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.V-216528MEDIUMThe Cisco router must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.V-216529HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and nonsecure functions and services.V-216530MEDIUMThe 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-216531MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.V-216532HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after five minutes of inactivity.V-216533MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.V-216534MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.V-216535MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.V-216536MEDIUMThe Cisco router must record time stamps for audit records that meet a granularity of one second for a minimum degree of precision.V-216537MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to record time stamps for log records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).V-216538MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).V-216539MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.V-216540MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication with FIPS-compliant algorithms.V-216541HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions.V-216542HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.V-216543MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to off-load log records onto a different system than the system being audited.V-216544HIGHThe Cisco router must be configured to use at least two authentication servers for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.V-216545MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to back up the configuration when changes occur.V-216546MEDIUMThe Cisco router must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.V-216547HIGHThe 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-216549HIGHThe Cisco router must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.