The Cisco switch must not be configured to have any feature enabled that calls home to the vendor.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-220470	CISC-RT-000080	SV-220470r856250_rule		Medium

Description
Call home services will routinely send data such as configuration and diagnostic information to the vendor for routine or emergency analysis and troubleshooting. There is a risk that transmission of sensitive data sent to unauthorized persons could result in data loss or downtime due to an attack.

STIG	Date
Cisco IOS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-22185r508483_chk )
Review the switch configuration to determine if the call home service is enabled as shown in the example below: call-home contact-email-addr username@example.com phone-number "+1-800-555-4567" customer-id "Customer1234" contract-id "Company1234" If the call home feature is configured to call home to the vendor, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22174r508484_fix)
Disable the call home feature as shown below: SW1(config)#no call-home