II - Mission Support Public
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000374-NDM-000299
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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>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.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use at least two authentication servers to authenticate administrative users.
<VulnDiscussion>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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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be running an operating system release that is currently supported by the vendor.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The F5 BIG-IP appliance must obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>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.
<VulnDiscussion>To prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embeddi...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000149-NDM-000247
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use multifactor authentication (MFA) for interactive logins.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The F5 BIG-IP appliance must authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The F5 BIG-IP appliance must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The F5 BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.
<VulnDiscussion>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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