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Symantec Edge SWG NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

Benchmark ID

Symantec_Edge_SWG_NDM_STIG

Total Checks

30

Tags

application
CAT I: 7CAT II: 23CAT 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-279248HIGHThe Edge SWG must be configured to use FIPS mode.V-279249HIGHThe Edge SWG must be configured to use tlsv1.2 or greater.V-279250HIGHThe Edge SWG must be configured to assign appropriate user roles or access levels to authenticated users.V-279251HIGHThe Edge SWG must be configured to use at least two authentication servers for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.V-279252HIGHThe Edge SWG must be configured to send log data to at least one central log server for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the information system security officer (ISSO).V-279253MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must block any login attempt for 15 minutes.V-279254MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must display the Standard Mandatory DOD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.V-279255MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.V-279256MEDIUMThe Edge SWG 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-279257MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.V-279258MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must enforce password complexity by requiring at least one uppercase character be used.V-279259MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must enforce a 60-day password lifetime.V-279260MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must enforce password complexity by requiring at least one lowercase character be used.V-279261MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must enforce password complexity by requiring at least one numeric character be used.V-279262MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must enforce password complexity by requiring at least one special character be used.V-279263MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must require that when a password is changed, the characters are changed in at least eight of the positions within the password.V-279264HIGHThe Edge SWG must terminate all network connections associated with a device management session at the end of the session, or the session must be terminated after five minutes of inactivity except to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements.V-279265MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.V-279266MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must generate an immediate real-time alert of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.V-279268MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).V-279269MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must authenticate Network Time Protocol sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.V-279270MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.V-279271MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must be configured to protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.V-279272MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must be configured to conduct backups of system-level information contained in the information system when changes occur.V-279273MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.V-279274MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must limit the number of concurrent management sessions to a maximum of three.V-279275HIGHThe Edge SWG must be running an operating system release that is currently supported by the vendor.V-279276MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must be configured to allow user selection of long passwords and passphrases, including spaces and all printable characters for password-based authentication.V-279277MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must be configured to implement a local cache of revocation data to support path discovery and validation for public key-based authentication.V-279283MEDIUMThe Edge SWG must be configured to verify when users create or update passwords, and that the passwords are not found on the list of commonly used, expected, or compromised passwords in IA-5 (1) (a) for password-based authentication.