II - Mission Support Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000097-NDM-000227
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The Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.
To compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as device hardware components, device software modul...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000101-NDM-000231
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The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.
Reconstruction of harmful events or forensic analysis is not possible if audit records do not contain enough information. Organizations consider limiting the additional audit information to only ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000119-NDM-000236
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The Cisco switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.
Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, and audit reports) needed to successfully audit network device activity. If audit data were to become compromised, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000120-NDM-000237
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The Cisco switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.
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-000133-NDM-000244
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The Cisco switch must be configured to 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
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The Cisco switch must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and non-secure functions and services.
Network devices are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services provided by default may not be necessary to support essential organizational op...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000148-NDM-000346
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The Cisco switch must be configured with only one local account to be used as the account of last resort in the event the authentication server is unavailable.
Authentication for administrative (privileged-level) access to the device is required at all times. An account can be created on the device's local database for use when the authentication server i...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252
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The Cisco switch must be configured to 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-000166-NDM-000254
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The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase 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
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The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase 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
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