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Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The FortiGate firewall must send traffic log entries to a central audit server for management and configuration of the traffic log entries.

    Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the traffic log entries, identification, troubleshooting, and correlation of suspicious behavior would be difficult and could lead to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The FortiGate firewall must apply egress filters to traffic outbound from the network through any internal interface.

    If outbound communications traffic is not filtered, hostile activity intended to harm other networks or packets from networks destined to unauthorized networks may not be detected and prevented. A...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The FortiGate firewall must be configured to restrict it from accepting outbound packets that contain an illegitimate address in the source address field via an egress filter or by enabling Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF).

    A compromised host in an enclave can be used by a malicious platform to launch cyberattacks on third parties. This is a common practice in "botnets", which are a collection of compromised computers...
    Rule Medium Severity

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