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Cisco IOS Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version: 2

Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021

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SV-220570r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.
SV-220571r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account creation.
SV-220572r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account modification.
SV-220573r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.
SV-220574r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions.
SV-220575r538991_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the device based on control policies.
SV-220576r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must lock out the user account from accessing the device for 15 minutes.
SV-220577r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.
SV-220578r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to protect against an individual falsely denying having performed organization-defined actions to be covered by non-repudiation.
SV-220579r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to log on with access privileges occur.
SV-220580r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.
SV-220581r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.
SV-220582r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.
SV-220583r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.
SV-220584r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.
SV-220585r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries.
SV-220586r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and non-secure functions and services.
SV-220587r684852_ruleThe 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.
SV-220588r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.
SV-220589r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
SV-220590r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one upper-case character be used.
SV-220591r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.
SV-220592r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
SV-220593r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
SV-220594r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to require that when a password is changed, the characters are changed in at least eight of the positions within the password.
SV-220595r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must only store cryptographic representations of passwords.
SV-220596r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after 10 minutes of inactivity.
SV-220597r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions.
SV-220598r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to audit the execution of privileged functions.
SV-220599r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.
SV-220600r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.
SV-220601r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.
SV-220602r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must record time stamps for audit records that meet a granularity of one second for a minimum degree of precision.
SV-220603r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to record time stamps for log records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
SV-220604r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).
SV-220605r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.
SV-220606r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.
SV-220607r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions.
SV-220608r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.
SV-220609r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.
SV-220610r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are modified.
SV-220611r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.
SV-220612r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
SV-220613r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.
SV-220615r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when concurrent logons from different workstations occur.
SV-220616r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to off-load log records onto a different system than the system being audited.
SV-220617r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to use an authentication server to authenticate users prior to granting administrative access.
SV-220618r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to support organizational requirements to conduct backups of the configuration when changes occur.
SV-220619r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.
SV-220620r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be configured to send log data to a central log server for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the Information System Security Officer (ISSO).
SV-220621r521267_ruleThe Cisco switch must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.