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Cisco ASA Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to enable threat detection to mitigate risks of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

    <VulnDiscussion>A firewall experiencing a DoS attack will not be able to handle production traffic load. The high utilization and CPU caused ...
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  • SRG-NET-000205-FW-000040

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  • The Cisco ASA perimeter firewall must be configured to filter traffic destined to the enclave in accordance with the specific traffic that is approved and registered in the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) Category Assurance List (CAL) and vulnerability assessments.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The enclave's internal network contains the servers where mission-critical data and applications reside. Malicious traffic ca...
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  • SRG-NET-000333-FW-000014

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to send log data of denied traffic to a central audit server for analysis.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the traffic log entries, identification, troubleshooting, and...
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  • SRG-NET-000335-FW-000017

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate a real-time alert to organization-defined personnel and/or the firewall administrator in the event communication with the central audit server is lost.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without a real-time alert (less than a second), security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit functi...
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  • SRG-NET-000362-FW-000028

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  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to filter outbound traffic on all internal interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If outbound communications traffic is not filtered, hostile activity intended to harm other networks or packets from networks...
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  • SRG-NET-000364-FW-000035

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