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IBM DataPower Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The DataPower Gateway must audit the enforcement actions used to restrict access associated with changes to the device.

    <VulnDiscussion>Without auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to the device configuration, it will be difficult to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000389-NDM-000306

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must require users to re-authenticate when privilege escalation or role changes occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without re-authentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When device...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000395-NDM-000310

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must not use 0.0.0.0 as the management IP address.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If 0.0.0.0 as the management IP address, the DataPower appliance will listen on all configured interfaces for management traf...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The DataPower Gateway must use SNMPv3.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. B...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000400-NDM-000313

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some authentication implementations can be configured to use cached authenticators. If cached authentication information is ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000411-NDM-000330

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The IBM DataPower Gateway must only allow the use of protocols that implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity and confidentiality of management communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This requires the use of secure protocols instead of their unsecured counterparts, such as SSH instead of telnet, SCP instead...
    Rule Medium Severity

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