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IBM DataPower Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • If the DataPower Gateway uses role-based access control, the DataPower Gateway must enforce role-based access control policies over defined subjects and objects.

    Organizations can create specific roles based on job functions and the authorizations (i.e., privileges) to perform needed operations on organizational information systems associated with the organ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The DataPower Gateway must provide the capability for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed based on all selectable event criteria within near-real-time.

    If authorized individuals do not have the ability to modify auditing parameters in response to a changing threat environment, the organization may not be able to effectively respond, and important ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The DataPower Gateway must compare internal information system clocks at least every 24 hours with an authoritative time server.

    Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the correct time a particular event occurred on a system is critical when condu...
    Rule Low Severity
  • The DataPower Gateway must implement organization-defined automated security responses if baseline configurations are changed in an unauthorized manner.

    Unauthorized changes to the baseline configuration could make the device vulnerable to various attacks or allow unauthorized access to the device. Changes to device configurations can have unintend...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The DataPower Gateway must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration.

    Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration may have significant effects on the overall security of the system. When dealing with access restric...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The DataPower Gateway must use SNMPv3.

    Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Bidirectional authentication provides stronger safeguards to validate the...
    Rule High Severity
  • The DataPower Gateway must employ automated mechanisms to centrally apply authentication settings.

    The use of authentication servers or other centralized management servers for providing centralized authentication services is required for network device management. Maintaining local administrato...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The DataPower Gateway must support organizational requirements to conduct backups of system level information contained in the information system when changes occur or weekly, whichever is sooner.

    System-level information includes default and customized settings and security attributes, including ACLs that relate to the network device configuration, as well as software required for the execu...
    Rule Medium Severity

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