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


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-96159 CISC-ND-001280 SV-105297r1_rule Medium
Description
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 incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the network device (e.g., module or policy filter).
STIG Date
Cisco IOS Router NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide 2019-07-24

Details

Check Text ( C-94991r1_chk )
The Cisco router is not compliant with this requirement. However, the risk associated with this requirement can be fully mitigated if the router is configured to utilize an authentication server to authenticate and authorize users for administrative access.

Review the router configuration to verify that the device is configured to use an authentication server as primary source for authentication as shown in the following example:

aaa new-model
!
aaa authentication login LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION group radius local



ip http authentication aaa login-authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION
ip http secure-server



radius-server host x.x.x.x auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646 key xxxxxxx



line con 0
exec-timeout 10 0
login authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION
line vty 0 4
exec-timeout 10 0
login authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION

If the router is not configured to use an authentication server to authenticate and authorize users for administrative access, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-101835r1_fix)
Step 1: Configure the Cisco router to use an authentication server as shown in the following example:

R4(config)#radius host 10.1.48.2 key xxxxxx

Step 2: Configure the authentication order to use the authentication server as primary source for authentication as shown in the following example:

R4(config)#aaa authentication login LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION group radius local

Step 3: Configure all network connections associated with a device management to use an authentication server for the purpose of login authentication.

R4(config)#line vty 0 4
R4(config-line)#login authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION
R4(config-line)#exit
R4(config)#line con 0
R4(config-line)#login authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION
R4(config-line)#exit
R4(config)#ip http authentication aaa login-authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION