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Cisco IOS Router NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide


Overview

Date Finding Count (90)
2019-12-19 CAT I (High): 8 CAT II (Med): 82 CAT III (Low): 0
STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

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Findings (MAC II - Mission Support Sensitive)

Finding ID Severity Title
V-96169 High The Cisco router must be configured to use an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.
V-96187 High The Cisco router must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.
V-96059 High The Cisco router must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational administrators (or processes acting on behalf of organizational administrators).
V-96057 High The Cisco router must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and nonsecure functions and services.
V-96083 High The Cisco router must only store cryptographic representations of passwords.
V-96089 High The Cisco router must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after 10 minutes of inactivity.
V-96145 High The Cisco router must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions.
V-96147 High The Cisco router must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.
V-96071 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
V-96073 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one upper-case character be used.
V-96075 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.
V-96077 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
V-96079 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
V-96179 Medium The Cisco router must employ automated mechanisms to assist in the tracking of security incidents.
V-96171 Medium The Cisco router must employ automated mechanisms to centrally apply authentication settings.
V-96173 Medium The Cisco router must employ automated mechanisms to centrally verify authentication settings.
V-96175 Medium The Cisco router must employ automated mechanisms to detect the addition of unauthorized components or devices.
V-96177 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to back up the configuration when changes occur.
V-97105 Medium The Cisco router must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
V-96167 Medium The Cisco router must use automated mechanisms to alert security personnel to threats identified by authoritative sources (e.g., CTOs) and in accordance with CJCSM 6510.01B.
V-96165 Medium The Cisco router must notify the administrator of the number of successful logon attempts occurring during an organization-defined time period.
V-96049 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.
V-96163 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to off-load log records onto a different system than the system being audited.
V-96161 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records when concurrent logons from different workstations occur.
V-96045 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.
V-96047 Medium The Cisco router must alert the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.
V-96041 Medium The Cisco router must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.
V-96043 Medium The Cisco router must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.
V-96181 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.
V-96183 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to send log data to a syslog server for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the ISSO.
V-96185 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to send SNMP traps and notifications to the SNMP manager for the purpose of sending alarms and notifying appropriate personnel as required by specific events.
V-96113 Medium The Cisco router must notify the administrator, upon successful logon (access), of the location of last logon (terminal or IP address) in addition to the date and time of the last logon (access).
V-96111 Medium The Cisco router must automatically lock the account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts in 15 minutes are exceeded.
V-96117 Medium The Cisco router must generate an immediate alert when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75% of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.
V-96115 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.
V-96053 Medium The Cisco router must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit information at rest.
V-96119 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.
V-96051 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.
V-96055 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries.
V-96103 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions.
V-96105 Medium The Cisco router must notify SAs and ISSMs when accounts are created or enabled when previously disabled.
V-96107 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to be compliant with at least one IETF Internet standard authentication protocol.
V-96109 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to audit the execution of privileged functions.
V-96029 Medium Upon successful logon, the Cisco router must notify the administrator of the date and time of the last logon.
V-96027 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.
V-96025 Medium The Cisco router 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.
V-96023 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the device based on control policies.
V-96021 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions.
V-96081 Medium The Cisco router 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.
V-96085 Medium The Cisco router must enforce 24 hours as the minimum password lifetime.
V-96087 Medium The Cisco router must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.
V-96139 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.
V-96135 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).
V-96137 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.
V-96131 Medium The Cisco router must accept Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.
V-96133 Medium The Cisco router must electronically verify Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.
V-96039 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to log on with access privileges occur.
V-96035 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to protect against an individual falsely denying having performed organization-defined actions to be covered by non-repudiation.
V-96031 Medium Upon successful logon, the Cisco router must notify the administrator of the number of unsuccessful logon attempts since the last successful logon.
V-96033 Medium The Cisco router must notify the administrator of changes to access and/or privilege parameters of the administrators account that occurred since the last logon.
V-96099 Medium The Cisco router must generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and ISSO when accounts are removed.
V-96097 Medium The Cisco router must generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and ISSO when accounts are disabled.
V-96095 Medium The Cisco router must generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and ISSO when accounts are modified.
V-96093 Medium The Cisco router must generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and ISSO when accounts are created.
V-96091 Medium The Cisco router must activate a system alert message, send an alarm, and/or automatically shut down when a component failure is detected.
V-96129 Medium The Cisco router must require users to reauthenticate when privilege escalation or role changes occur.
V-96123 Medium The Cisco router must record time stamps for audit records that meet a granularity of one second for a minimum degree of precision.
V-96121 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.
V-96127 Medium The Cisco router must generate an alert that will then be sent to the ISSO, ISSM, and other designated personnel (deemed appropriate by the local organization) when the unauthorized installation of software is detected.
V-96125 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to record time stamps for log records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
V-96009 Medium The network element must provide automated support for account management functions.
V-96007 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.
V-96017 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account modification.
V-96015 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account creation.
V-96013 Medium The Cisco router must automatically disable accounts after a 35-day period of account inactivity.
V-96011 Medium The Cisco router must automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours.
V-96019 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.
V-96159 Medium The Cisco router must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system.
V-96157 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.
V-96155 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
V-96153 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.
V-96151 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are modified.
V-96063 Medium The Cisco router must use multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts.
V-96061 Medium The Cisco router 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.
V-96067 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.
V-96065 Medium The Cisco router must use multifactor authentication for local access to privileged accounts.
V-96069 Medium The Cisco router must disable identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.
V-96149 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.
V-96141 Medium The Cisco router must dynamically manage identifiers.
V-96143 Medium The Cisco router must allow the use of a temporary password for system logons with an immediate change to a permanent password.