The Cisco switch must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-220599	CISC-ND-000980	SV-220599r879730_rule		Medium

Description
To ensure that network devices have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, they need to be able to allocate audit record storage capacity. The task of allocating audit record storage capacity is usually performed during initial device setup if it is modifiable. The value for the organization-defined audit record storage requirement will depend on the amount of storage available on the network device, the anticipated volume of logs, the frequency of transfer from the network device to centralized log servers, and other factors.

Description

To ensure that network devices have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, they need to be able to allocate audit record storage capacity. The task of allocating audit record storage capacity is usually performed during initial device setup if it is modifiable. The value for the organization-defined audit record storage requirement will depend on the amount of storage available on the network device, the anticipated volume of logs, the frequency of transfer from the network device to centralized log servers, and other factors.

STIG	Date
Cisco IOS Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-02-02

Details

Check Text ( C-22314r507843_chk )
Verify that the Cisco switch is configured with a logging buffer size. The configuration should look like the example below: logging buffered xxxxxxxx informational If a logging buffer size is not configured, this is a finding. If the Cisco switch is not configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-22314r507843_chk )

Verify that the Cisco switch is configured with a logging buffer size. The configuration should look like the example below:

logging buffered xxxxxxxx informational

If a logging buffer size is not configured, this is a finding.

If the Cisco switch is not configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22303r507844_fix)
Configure the buffer size for logging as shown in the example below: SW2(config)#logging buffered xxxxxxxx informational