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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000495-NDM-000318

    Group
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are modified.

    Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000499-NDM-000319

    Group
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.

    Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000503-NDM-000320

    Group
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000504-NDM-000321

    Group
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.

    Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000505-NDM-000322

    Group
  • The Cisco switch must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system.

    Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000515-NDM-000325

    Group
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to off-load log records onto a different system than the system being audited.

    Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000336

    Group
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to use at least two authentication servers for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.

    Centralized management of user accounts and authentication increases the administrative access to the switch. This control is particularly important protection against the insider threat. With robu...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000340

    Group
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to support organizational requirements to conduct backups of the configuration when changes occur.

    System-level information includes default and customized settings and security attributes, including ACLs that relate to the network device configuration, as well as software required for the execu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000344

    Group
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.

    For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB policy. For federal agencies operating a legacy public key infrastructure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000350

    Group
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to send log data to at least two central log servers for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the information system security officer (ISSO).

    The aggregation of log data kept on a syslog server can be used to detect attacks and trigger an alert to the appropriate security personnel. The stored log data can used to detect weaknesses in se...
    Rule High Severity

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