Cisco NX OS Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-APP-000001-NDM-000200
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The Cisco switch must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.
Device management includes the ability to control the number of administrators and management sessions that manage a device. Limiting the number of allowed administrators and sessions per administr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000026-NDM-000208
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SRG-APP-000027-NDM-000209
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The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account modification.
Since the accounts in the network device are privileged or system-level accounts, account management is vital to the security of the network device. Account management by a designated authority ens...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000028-NDM-000210
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The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.
Account management, as a whole, ensures access to the network device is being controlled in a secure manner by granting access to only authorized personnel. Auditing account disabling actions will ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000029-NDM-000211
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The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions.
Account management, as a whole, ensures access to the network device is being controlled in a secure manner by granting access to only authorized personnel. Auditing account removal actions will su...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000038-NDM-000213
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SRG-APP-000065-NDM-000214
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The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must disconnect the session.
By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000068-NDM-000215
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The Cisco switch must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.
Display of the DoD-approved use notification before granting access to the network device ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal laws, Executi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000080-NDM-000220
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SRG-APP-000097-NDM-000227
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The Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.
In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as device hardware components, device softw...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000101-NDM-000231
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The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.
Reconstruction of harmful events or forensic analysis is not possible if audit records do not contain enough information. Organizations consider limiting the additional audit information to only ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000142-NDM-000245
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