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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000033-NDM-000212

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must enforce the assigned privilege level for each administrator and authorizations for access to all commands relative to the privilege level in accordance with applicable policy for the device.

    To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-approved PKIs, all DoD systems must be properly configured to incorporate ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000038-NDM-000213

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within DataPower based on information flow control policies.

    A mechanism to detect and prevent unauthorized communication flow must be configured or provided as part of the system design. If management information flow is not enforced based on approved autho...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000068-NDM-000215

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.

    Display of the DoD-approved use notification before granting access to the network device ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal laws, Executi...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000069-NDM-000216

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must retain the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until the administrator acknowledges the usage conditions and takes explicit actions to log on for further access.

    The banner must be acknowledged by the administrator prior to allowing the administrator access to the network device. This provides assurance that the administrator has seen the message and accept...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000089-NDM-000221

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must provide audit record generation capability for DoD-defined auditable events within DataPower.

    Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit re...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000090-NDM-000222

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.

    Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel may be able to prevent the auditing of critical events. Misconfigured audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000108-NDM-000232

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must alert the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.

    It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000118-NDM-000235

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must protect audit information from any type of unauthorized read access.

    Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, and audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity. If audit data were to become compromis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000121-NDM-000238

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must protect audit tools from unauthorized access.

    Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on au...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000122-NDM-000239

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.

    Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on au...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000123-NDM-000240

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must protect audit tools from unauthorized deletion.

    Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operations on a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000125-NDM-000241

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must back up audit records at least every seven days onto a different system or system component than the system or component being audited.

    Protection of log data includes assuring log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Regularly backing up audit records to a different system or onto separate media than the system being audited ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000131-NDM-000243

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must prevent the installation of patches, service packs, or application components without verification the software component has been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization.

    Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the network device. Verifying software components have been digitally signed using a certificate that is r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-NDM-000244

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries.

    Changes to any software components of the network device can have significant effects on the overall security of the network. Therefore, only qualified and authorized individuals should be allowed ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142-NDM-000245

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must have SSH and web management bound to the management interface and Telnet disabled.

    In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000165-NDM-000253

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

    Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. To meet password policy requirements, passwords need t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000166-NDM-000254

    Group
  • If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the DataPower Gateway must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one upper-case character be used.

    Use of a complex passwords helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000167-NDM-000255

    Group
  • If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the DataPower Gateway must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.

    Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000168-NDM-000256

    Group
  • If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the DataPower Gateway must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000169-NDM-000257

    Group
  • If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the DataPower Gateway must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

    Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000177-NDM-000263

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must map the authenticated identity to the user account for PKI-based authentication.

    Authorization for access to any network device requires an approved and assigned individual account identifier. To ensure only the assigned individual is using the account, the account must be boun...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000179-NDM-000265

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must use mechanisms meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for authentication to a cryptographic module.

    Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000190-NDM-000267

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must terminate all network connections associated with a device management session at the end of the session, or the session must be terminated after 10 minutes of inactivity except to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements.

    Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a management session enabled on the console or console port th...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000224-NDM-000270

    Group
  • The DataPower Gateway must generate unique session identifiers using a FIPS 140-2 approved random number generator.

    Sequentially generated session IDs can be easily guessed by an attacker. Employing the concept of randomness in the generation of unique session identifiers helps to protect against brute-force att...
    Rule Medium Severity

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