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Cisco ASA NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

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  • SRG-APP-000343-NDM-000289

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to audit the execution of privileged functions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Misuse of privileged functions, either intentionally or unintentionally by authorized users, or by unauthorized external enti...
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  • SRG-APP-000357-NDM-000293

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to ensure network devices have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, they need to be able ...
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  • SRG-APP-000360-NDM-000295

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate an immediate real-time alert of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
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  • SRG-APP-000373-NDM-000298

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The loss of connectivity to a particular authoritative time source will result in the loss of time synchronization (free-run ...
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  • SRG-APP-000375-NDM-000300

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to record time stamps for audit records that meet a granularity of one second for a minimum degree of precision.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without sufficient granularity of time stamps, it is not possible to adequately determine the chronological order of records....
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  • SRG-APP-000395-NDM-000310

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to authenticate Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. B...
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  • SRG-APP-000395-NDM-000310

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to encrypt Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. B...
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  • SRG-APP-000395-NDM-000347

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If Network Time Protocol is not authenticated, an attacker can introduce a rogue NTP server. This rogue server can then be us...
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  • SRG-APP-000411-NDM-000330

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of non-local maintenance and diagnostic communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be r...
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  • SRG-APP-000412-NDM-000331

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This requires the use of secure protocols instead of their unsecured counterparts, such as SSH instead of telnet, SCP instead...
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  • SRG-APP-000435-NDM-000315

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by enabling the Threat Detection feature.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...
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  • SRG-APP-000495-NDM-000318

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify administrator privileges occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000499-NDM-000319

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete administrator privileges occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000503-NDM-000320

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000504-NDM-000321

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000505-NDM-000322

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate audit records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000506-NDM-000323

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate audit records when concurrent logons from different workstations occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000515-NDM-000325

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to offload audit records onto a different system or media than the system being audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Offloading is a common ...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000336

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to use at least two authentication servers to authenticate users prior to granting administrative access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and non-local access methods. This control...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000340

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to conduct backups of system-level information contained in the information system when changes occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;System-level information includes default and customized settings and security attributes, including ACLs that relate to the ...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000344

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB p...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000350

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to send log data to at least two central log servers for the purpose of forwarding alerts to organization-defined personnel and/or the firewall administrator.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The aggregation of log data kept on a syslog server can be used to detect attacks and trigger an alert to the appropriate sec...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000351

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  • The Cisco ASA must be running an operating system release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Network devices running an unsupported operating system lack current security fixes required to mitigate the risks associated...
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