Arista MLS DCS-7000 Series NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The Arista Multilayer Switch must use multifactor authentication for local access to privileged accounts.
Multifactor authentication is defined as: using two or more factors to achieve authentication. Factors include: (i) Something a user knows (e.g., password/PIN); (ii) Something a user has (e.g., ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000190-NDM-000267
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The Arista Multilayer Switch must be updated to one of the minimum approved versions of EOS.
The Arista Multilayer Switch uses the EOS operating system. Updates to EOS contain new security-related features and security patches that address known vulnerabilities. Running a current DoD-appro...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000179-NDM-000265
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SRG-APP-000267-NDM-000273
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The Arista Multilayer Switch must reveal error messages only to authorized individuals (ISSO, ISSM, and SA).
Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an organization's operational state. Additionally, sensitive account informatio...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000268-NDM-000274
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The Arista Multilayer Switch must activate a system alert message, send an alarm, and/or automatically shut down when a component failure is detected.
Predictable failure prevention requires organizational planning to address device failure issues. If components key to maintaining the device's security fail to function, the device could continue ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000372-NDM-000297
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SRG-APP-000373-NDM-000298
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The Arista Multilayer Switch must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system.
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000506-NDM-000323
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SRG-APP-000374-NDM-000299
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The Arista Multilayer Switch must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by the application include date and time. Tim...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000411-NDM-000330
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SRG-APP-000412-NDM-000331
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Arista Multilayer Switches used for nonlocal maintenance sessions must implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic communications.
This requires the use of secure protocols instead of their unsecured counterparts, such as SSH instead of telnet, SCP instead of FTP, and HTTPS instead of HTTP.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000504-NDM-000321
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The Arista Multilayer Switch must generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access.
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000505-NDM-000322
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