Symantec ProxySG ALG Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-NET-000078-ALG-000047
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SRG-NET-000061-ALG-000009
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If Symantec ProxySG filters externally initiated traffic, reverse proxy services must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>Automated monitoring of remote access traffic allows organizations to detect cyber attacks and also ensure ongoing compliance...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000061-ALG-000009
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Symantec ProxySG providing intermediary services for remote access communications traffic must ensure outbound traffic is monitored for compliance with remote access security policies.
<VulnDiscussion>Automated monitoring of remote access traffic allows organizations to detect cyber attacks and also ensure ongoing compliance...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000062-ALG-000150
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Symantec ProxySG providing forward proxy intermediary services for TLS must be configured to comply with the required TLS settings in NIST SP 800-52.
<VulnDiscussion>SP 800-52 provides guidance on using the most secure version and configuration of the TLS/SSL protocol. Using older unauthori...Rule High Severity -
SRG-NET-000062-ALG-000150
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Symantec ProxySG providing reverse proxy intermediary services for TLS must be configured to version 1.1 or higher with an approved cipher suite.
<VulnDiscussion>SP 800-52 provides guidance on using the most secure version and configuration of the TLS/SSL protocol. Using older unauthori...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000062-ALG-000092
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Symantec ProxySG storing secret or private keys must use FIPS-approved key management technology and processes in the production and control of private/secret cryptographic keys.
<VulnDiscussion>Private key data is used to prove that the entity presenting a public key certificate is the certificate's rightful owner. Co...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000015-ALG-000016
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Symantec ProxySG must implement security policies that enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources by employing identity-based, role-based, and/or attribute-based security policies.
<VulnDiscussion>Successful authentication must not automatically give an entity access to an asset or security boundary. The lack of authoriz...Rule High Severity -
SRG-NET-000019-ALG-000018
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Symantec ProxySG must restrict or block harmful or suspicious communications traffic by controlling the flow of information between interconnected networks based on attribute- and content-based inspection of the source, destination, headers, and/or content of the communications traffic.
<VulnDiscussion>Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within a network and between interconnected network...Rule High Severity -
SRG-NET-000018-ALG-000017
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Symantec ProxySG must enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information within the network based on attribute- and content-based inspection of the source, destination, headers, and/or content of the communications traffic.
<VulnDiscussion>Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within a network. The flow of all network traffic m...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000019-ALG-000019
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Symantec ProxySG must immediately use updates made to policy enforcement mechanisms such as policies and rules.
<VulnDiscussion>Information flow policies regarding dynamic information flow control include, for example, allowing or disallowing informatio...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000041-ALG-000022
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Symantec ProxySG providing user access control intermediary services must display the Standard Mandatory DoD-approved Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the network.
<VulnDiscussion>Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the network ensures that privacy and securi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000043-ALG-000024
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Symantec ProxySG providing user access control intermediary services for publicly accessible applications must display the Standard Mandatory DoD-approved Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the system.
<VulnDiscussion>Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the publicly accessible network element ens...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000503-ALG-000038
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Symantec ProxySG providing user access control intermediary services must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000505-ALG-000039
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Symantec ProxySG must produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.
<VulnDiscussion>Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000131-ALG-000086
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Symantec ProxySG providing user access control intermediary services must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for user access to the system.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000513-ALG-000026
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Symantec ProxySG providing user access control intermediary services must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access web resources occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000074-ALG-000043
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Symantec ProxySG must produce audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.
<VulnDiscussion>Without establishing what type of event occurred, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events l...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000075-ALG-000044
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Symantec ProxySG must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.
<VulnDiscussion>Without establishing when events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000076-ALG-000045
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Symantec ProxySG must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.
<VulnDiscussion>Without establishing where events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000077-ALG-000046
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Symantec ProxySG must produce audit records containing information to establish the outcome of the events.
<VulnDiscussion>Without information about the outcome of events, security personnel cannot make an accurate assessment as to whether an attac...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000079-ALG-000048
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Symantec ProxySG must generate audit records containing information to establish the identity of any individual or process associated with the event.
<VulnDiscussion>Without information that establishes the identity of the subjects (i.e., users or processes acting on behalf of users) associ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000334-ALG-000050
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Symantec ProxySG must use a centralized log server.
<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000511-ALG-000051
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Symantec ProxySG must be configured to send the access logs to the centralized log server continuously.
<VulnDiscussion>Off-loading ensures audit information does not get overwritten if the limited audit storage capacity is reached and also prot...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000335-ALG-000053
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Symantec ProxySG must provide an alert to, at a minimum, the SCA and ISSO of all audit failure events where the detection and/or prevention function is unable to write events to either local storage or the centralized server.
<VulnDiscussion>Without a real-time alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability and system opera...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000512-ALG-000065
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SRG-NET-000138-ALG-000089
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SRG-NET-000213-ALG-000107
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