Kona Site Defender providing content filtering must continuously monitor inbound communications traffic crossing internal security boundaries for unusual or unauthorized activities or conditions.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-91139r1_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-002661
Updated: about 1 year ago

Configure the Kona Site Defender to block traffic for organizationally defined HTTP protocol violations, HTTP policy violations, SQL injection, remote file inclusion, cross-site scripting, command injection attacks, and any applicable custom rules.

The Akamai Professional Services team should be consulted to implement this Fix content due to the complexities involved. In most cases, this should be included in the SLA.

1. Log in to the Akamai Luna Portal (https://control.akamai.com).
2. Click the "Configure" tab.3. Under the "Security" section, select "Security Configuration".
4. If prompted for which product to use, select "Site Defender" and then "Continue".
5. Under the "Security Configurations" section, click on the most recent version under the "Production" column for the security configuration being reviewed.
6. The detailed "Security Configuration" page will load listing the protected host names and applicable policies.
7. Select the policy being reviewed and click the "Edit" button. 
8. Enable the "Application Layer Controls" box and the "Slow POST Protection" box. 
9. Click the "Next" button and set each of the following "KRS Rule Set" rules to "Deny".
   - SQL Injection
   - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
   - Command Injection
   - Invalid HTTP
   - Remote File Inclusion
   - PHP Injection (when PHP is used)
   - Trojan
   - Total Request Score (Inbound)
   - Total Response Score (Outbound)
   - DDOS
10. Click the "Next" button and follow the prompts to complete the process.

Kona Site Defender providing content filtering must continuously monitor inbound communications traffic crossing internal security boundaries for unusual or unauthorized activities or conditions.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure