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Cisco ASA NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000336
The Cisco ASA must be configured to use at least two authentication servers to authenticate users prior to granting administrative access.
The Cisco ASA must be configured to use at least two authentication servers to authenticate users prior to granting administrative access.
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The Cisco ASA must be configured to use at least two authentication servers to authenticate users prior to granting administrative access.
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<VulnDiscussion>Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and non-local access methods. This control is particularly important protection against the insider threat. With robust centralized management, audit records for administrator account access to the organization's network devices can be more readily analyzed for trends and anomalies. The alternative method of defining administrator accounts on each device exposes the device configuration to remote access authentication attacks and system administrators with multiple authenticators for each network device.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>