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Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000392

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  • The IDPS must generate an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSM and ISSO when root level intrusion events which provide unauthorized privileged access are detected.

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

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  • The IDPS must send an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSM and ISSO when user level intrusions which provide non-privileged access are detected.

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

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  • The IDPS must send an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSM and ISSO when denial of service incidents are detected.

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

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  • The IDPS must generate an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSM and ISSO when new active propagation of malware infecting DoD systems or malicious code adversely affecting the operations and/or security of DoD systems is detected.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action and this delay...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000401

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  • The IDPS must, for fragmented packets, either block the packets or properly reassemble the packets before inspecting and forwarding.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Packet fragmentation is allowed by the TCP/IP specifications and is encouraged in situations where it is needed. However, pac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000511

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  • The IDPS must off-load log records to a centralized log server in real-time.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Off-loading ensures audit information does not get overwritten if the limited audit storage capacity is reached and also prot...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000512

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  • The IDPS must be configured in accordance with the security configuration settings based on DoD security policy and technology-specific security best practices.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the IDPS to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000705

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  • The IDPS must employ organization-defined controls by type of denial-of-service (DoS) to achieve the DoS objective.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS events may occur due to a variety of internal and external causes, such as an attack by an adversary or a lack of plannin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000715

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  • The IDPS must implement physically or logically separate subnetworks to isolate organization-defined critical system components and functions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Separating critical system components and functions from other noncritical system components and functions through separate s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000760

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  • The IDPS must establish organization-defined alternate communications paths for system operations organizational command and control.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An incident, whether adversarial- or nonadversarial-based, can disrupt established communications paths used for system opera...
    Rule Medium Severity

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