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Fortinet FortiGate Firewall NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000357-NDM-000293

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    Group
  • The FortiGate device must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure network devices have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, they need to be able to alloca...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000515-NDM-000325

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The FortiGate device must off-load audit records on to a different system or media than the system being audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Offloading is a common ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000360-NDM-000295

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The FortiGate device must generate an immediate real-time alert of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000373-NDM-000298

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The FortiGate device must synchronize internal information system clocks using redundant authoritative time sources.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The loss of connectivity to a particular authoritative time source will result in the loss of time synchronization (free-run ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000374-NDM-000299

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The FortiGate device must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analys...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000120-NDM-000237

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The FortiGate device must protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, and audit reports) needed to successfully au...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000121-NDM-000238

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The FortiGate device must protect audit tools from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, pro...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000122-NDM-000239

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The FortiGate device must use LDAP for authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and nonlocal access methods. This control ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The FortiGate device must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, pro...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000378-NDM-000302

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The FortiGate device must prohibit installation of software without explicit privileged status.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing anyone to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malicious sof...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000380-NDM-000304

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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