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Forescout must place client machines on a blacklist or terminate network communications on devices when critical security issues are found that put the network at risk. This is required for compliance with C2C Step 4.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID
SV-233318r811385_rule
Severity
High
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Use the Forescout Administrator UI to configure compliance policies to ensure any device with critical security issues is added to a blacklist, had its network communication blocked, or isolated from trusted network traffic for remediation. 
 
1. From the Policy tab, identify a Compliance policy.
2. Within the Compliance policy, under Sub-Rule for a device with critical security issues, ensure that an action that Adds Device to Blacklist and/or Disables Device is enabled.

If Forescout does not place client machines on a blacklist or terminate network communications on devices when critical security issues are found that put the network at risk, this is a finding.