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Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000078-FW-000013

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  • The FortiGate firewall must generate traffic log entries containing information to establish the outcome of the events, such as, at a minimum, the success or failure of the application of the firewall rule.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without information about the outcome of events, security personnel cannot make an accurate assessment as to whether an attac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000089-FW-000019

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  • The FortiGate firewall must disable or remove unnecessary network services and functions that are not used as part of its role in the architecture.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Network devices are capable of providing a wide variety of functions (capabilities or processes) and services. Some of these ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000192-FW-000029

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    Group
  • In the event that communication with the central audit server is lost, the FortiGate firewall must continue to queue traffic log records locally.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when the network element is at risk of failing to process traffic logs as required, it takes action to mi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000098-FW-000021

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    Group
  • The FortiGate firewall must protect traffic log records from unauthorized access while in transit to the central audit server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Auditing and logging are key components of any security architecture. Logging the actions of specific events provides a means...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000099-FW-000161

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  • The FortiGate firewall must protect the traffic log from unauthorized modification of local log records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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