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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000164-ALG-000100

    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must configure OCSP to ensure revoked machine credentials are prohibited from establishing an allowed session.

    A certificate's certification path is the path from the end entity certificate to a trusted root certification authority (CA). Certification path validation is necessary for a relying party to make...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000230-ALG-000113

    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must not use the On-Demand Cert Auth VPE agent as part of the APM Policy Profiles.

    By requiring mutual authentication before any communication, it becomes significantly challenging for attackers to impersonate a client or server and exploit vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the encry...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000355-ALG-000117

    Group
  • SRG-NET-000015-ALG-000016

    Group
  • The BIG-IP APM module must be configured with a pre-established trust relationship and mechanisms with appropriate authorities (e.g., Active Directory or authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server) that validate user account access authorizations and privileges when providing access control to virtual servers.

    User account and privilege validation must be centralized in order to prevent unauthorized access using changed or revoked privileges. ALGs can implement functions such as traffic filtering, authe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000138-ALG-000089

    Group
  • SRG-NET-000041-ALG-000022

    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance providing user access control intermediary services must display the Standard Mandatory DOD-approved Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to resources.

    Display of the DOD-approved use notification before granting access to the network device ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal laws, Executi...
    Rule Medium Severity

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