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Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000249

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The IDPS must block malicious code.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the IDPS to delete and/or quarantine based on local organizational incident handling procedures minimizes the imp...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000249

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The IDPS must quarantine and/or delete malicious code.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the network element to delete and/or quarantine based on local organizational incident handling procedures minimi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000249

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    Group
  • The IDPS must send an immediate (within seconds) alert to, at a minimum, the system administrator when malicious code is detected.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and the ability to perfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000251

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    Group
  • The IDPS must block outbound ICMP Destination Unreachable, Redirect, and Address Mask reply messages.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages are used to provide feedback about problems in the network. These messages ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000273

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The IDPS must block malicious ICMP packets by properly configuring ICMP signatures and rules.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages are used to provide feedback about problems in the network. These messages ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000318

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    Group
  • To protect against unauthorized data mining, the IDPS must prevent code injection attacks launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, queries, and fields.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000318

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • To protect against unauthorized data mining, the IDPS must prevent code injection attacks launched against application objects including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000318

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    Group
  • The IDPS must off-load log records to a centralized log server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading ensures audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • To protect against unauthorized data mining, the IDPS must prevent SQL injection attacks launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, and database fields.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000319

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • To protect against unauthorized data mining, the IDPS must detect code injection attacks launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, queries, and fields.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000319

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • To protect against unauthorized data mining, the IDPS must detect code injection attacks launched against application objects including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000319

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • To protect against unauthorized data mining, the IDPS must detect SQL injection attacks launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, and database fields.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000334

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    Group
  • SRG-NET-000335

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    Group
  • The IDPS must provide an alert to, at a minimum, the system administrator and ISSO when any audit failure events occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and the ability to perfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000335

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    Group
  • The IDPS must assign a critical severity level to all audit processing failures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when the IDPS is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it takes action to mitigate the fa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000362

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    Group
  • The IDPS must protect against or limit the effects of known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing rate-based attack prevention behavior analysis.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attack, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000362

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    Group
  • The IDPS must protect against or limit the effects of known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing anomaly-based attack detection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attack, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000362

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    Group
  • The IDPS must protect against or limit the effects of known types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing signatures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attack, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000383

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    Group
  • IDPS components, including sensors, event databases, and management consoles must integrate with a network-wide monitoring capability.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An integrated, network-wide intrusion detection capability increases the ability to detect and prevent sophisticated distribu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000384

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    Group
  • The IDPS must detect network services that have not been authorized or approved by the ISSO or ISSM, at a minimum.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized or unapproved network services lack organizational verification or validation and therefore may be unreliable or...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000385

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    Group
  • The IDPS must generate a log record when unauthorized network services are detected.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized or unapproved network services lack organizational verification or validation and therefore may be unreliable or...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000385

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    Group
  • The IDPS must generate an alert to the ISSM and ISSO, at a minimum, when unauthorized network services are detected.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized or unapproved network services lack organizational verification or validation and therefore may be unreliable or...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000390

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    Group
  • The IDPS must continuously monitor inbound communications traffic for unusual/unauthorized activities or conditions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If inbound communications traffic is not continuously monitored for unusual/unauthorized activities or conditions, there will...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000391

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    Group
  • The IDPS must continuously monitor outbound communications traffic for unusual/unauthorized activities or conditions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If outbound communications traffic is not continuously monitored for unusual/unauthorized activities or conditions, there wil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000392

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    Group
  • The IDSP must send an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSM and ISSO when intrusion detection events are detected which indicate a compromise or potential for compromise.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of intrusion detection incidents that require immediate action and this d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000392

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    Group
  • The IDPS must send an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSM and ISSO when threats identified by authoritative sources (e.g., IAVMs or CTOs) are detected which indicate a compromise or potential for compromise.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and the ability to perfo...
    Rule Medium Severity

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