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Cisco ISE NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • For accounts using password authentication, the Cisco ISE must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    <VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex passwords helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000167-NDM-000255

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For accounts using password authentication, the Cisco ISE must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000168-NDM-000256

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must change the password for the local CLI and web-based account when members who have access to the password leave the role and are no longer authorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If shared/group account credentials are not terminated when individuals leave the group, the user that left the group can sti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000026-NDM-000208

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For the local web-based account of last resort, the Cisco ISE must automatically audit account creation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Upon gaining access to a network device, an attacker will often first attempt to create a persistent method of reestablishing...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000027-NDM-000209

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For the local web-based account of last resort and the default local CLI account, the Cisco ISE must automatically audit account modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Since the accounts in the network device are privileged or system-level accounts, account management is vital to the security...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000028-NDM-000210

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For the local web-based account of last resort, the Cisco ISE must automatically audit account disabling actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Account management, as a whole, ensures access to the network device is being controlled in a secure manner by granting acces...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000029-NDM-000211

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For the local account of last resort, the Cisco ISE must automatically audit account removal actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Account management, as a whole, ensures access to the network device is being controlled in a secure manner by granting acces...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000319-NDM-000283

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must automatically audit account enabling actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestab...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000148-NDM-000346

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must protect against an individual (or process acting on behalf of an individual) falsely denying having performed organization-defined actions to be covered by non-repudiation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This requirement supports non-repudiation of actions taken by an administrator and is required in order to maintain the integ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000091-NDM-000223

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must generate audit records when successful attempts to access 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000495-NDM-000318

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must generate audit records when successful 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000499-NDM-000319

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must generate audit records when successful 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000503-NDM-000320

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must generate audit records when successful 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000504-NDM-000321

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000506-NDM-000323

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000357-NDM-000293

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must limit audit record storage capacity for all locally stored logs.

    &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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000515-NDM-000325

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must configure a remote syslog where audit records are stored on a centralized logging target that is different from the system being audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Storing audit logs to a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000360-NDM-000295

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must send an alarm to one or more individuals when the monitoring collector process has an error or failure.

    &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....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000373-NDM-000298

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must be running an operating system release that is currently supported by the vendor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Network devices running an unsupported operating system lack current security fixes required to mitigate the risks associated...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000334

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For accounts using password authentication, the Cisco ISE must implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the application. Authentication sessions between the authen...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000395-NDM-000310

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For accounts using password authentication, the Cisco ISE must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one digit be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000169-NDM-000257

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For accounts using password authentication, the Cisco ISE must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000172-NDM-000259

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must be configured to authenticate 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000395-NDM-000347

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Cisco ISE must authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If NTP is not authenticated, an attacker can introduce a rogue NTP server. This rogue server can then be used to send incorre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For accounts using password authentication, the Cisco ISE must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000166-NDM-000254

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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