The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-220582	CISC-ND-000330	SV-220582r960909_rule		Medium

Description
Reconstruction of harmful events or forensic analysis is not possible if audit records do not contain enough information. Organizations consider limiting the additional audit information to only that information explicitly needed for specific audit requirements. The additional information required is dependent on the type of information (i.e., sensitivity of the data and the environment within which it resides). At a minimum, the organization must audit full-text recording of privileged commands. The organization must maintain audit trails in sufficient detail to reconstruct events to determine the cause and impact of compromise.

Description

Reconstruction of harmful events or forensic analysis is not possible if audit records do not contain enough information. Organizations consider limiting the additional audit information to only that information explicitly needed for specific audit requirements. The additional information required is dependent on the type of information (i.e., sensitivity of the data and the environment within which it resides). At a minimum, the organization must audit full-text recording of privileged commands. The organization must maintain audit trails in sufficient detail to reconstruct events to determine the cause and impact of compromise.

STIG	Date
Cisco IOS Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-22297r507792_chk )
Review the Cisco switch configuration to verify that it generates audit records of configuration changes. The configuration example below will log all configuration changes: archive log config logging enable Note: Configuration changes can be viewed using the show archive log config all command. If the Cisco switch is not configured to generate audit records of configuration changes, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-22297r507792_chk )

Review the Cisco switch configuration to verify that it generates audit records of configuration changes. The configuration example below will log all configuration changes:

archive
log config
logging enable

Note: Configuration changes can be viewed using the show archive log config all command.

If the Cisco switch is not configured to generate audit records of configuration changes, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22286r507793_fix)
Configure the Cisco switch to log all configuration changes as shown in the example below: SW4(config)#archive SW4(config-archive)#log config SW4(config-archive-log-cfg)#logging enable SW4(config-archive-log-cfg)#end