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Cisco ASA NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • 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.

    <VulnDiscussion>Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be r...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000412-NDM-000331

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    Group
  • 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...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000435-NDM-000315

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity

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