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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000374-NDM-000299

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    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analys...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000131-NDM-000243

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    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to 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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the network device. Verifying soft...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000336

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    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use at least two authentication servers to authenticate administrative users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and nonlocal access methods. This control ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000351

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    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be running an operating system release that is currently supported by the vendor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Network devices running an unsupported operating system lack current security fixes required to mitigate the risks associated...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000344

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    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB p...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142-NDM-000245

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    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and/or nonsecure functions, ports, protocols, and/or services.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embeddi...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000149-NDM-000247

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    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use multifactor authentication (MFA) for interactive logins.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;MFA is when two or more factors are used to confirm the identity of an individual who is requesting access to digital informa...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000395-NDM-000347

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    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If NTP is not authenticated, an attacker can introduce a rogue NTP server. This rogue server can then be used to send incorre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252

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    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000166-NDM-000254

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    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex passwords helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity,...
    Rule Medium Severity

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