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Cisco IOS XE Router NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide


Overview

Date Finding Count (92)
2019-07-25 CAT I (High): 8 CAT II (Med): 84 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 I - Mission Critical Public)

Finding ID Severity Title
V-96369 High The Cisco router must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.
V-96351 High The Cisco router must be configured to use an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.
V-96329 High The Cisco router must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.
V-96241 High The Cisco router must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational administrators (or processes acting on behalf of organizational administrators).
V-96327 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-96239 High The Cisco router must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and nonsecure functions and services.
V-96265 High The Cisco router must only store cryptographic representations of passwords.
V-96271 High The Cisco router must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after 10 minutes of inactivity.
V-96365 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-96209 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.
V-96367 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-96361 Medium The Cisco router must employ automated mechanisms to assist in the tracking of security incidents.
V-96363 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.
V-96203 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions.
V-96201 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.
V-96207 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-96205 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-96219 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records for DoD-defined auditable events.
V-96353 Medium The Cisco router must employ automated mechanisms to centrally apply authentication settings.
V-96355 Medium The Cisco router must employ automated mechanisms to centrally verify authentication settings.
V-96357 Medium The Cisco router must employ automated mechanisms to detect the addition of unauthorized components or devices.
V-96193 Medium The Cisco router must automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours.
V-96211 Medium Upon successful logon, the Cisco router must notify the administrator of the date and time of the last logon.
V-96191 Medium The network element must provide automated support for account management functions.
V-96213 Medium Upon successful logon, the Cisco router must notify the administrator of the number of unsuccessful logon attempts since the last successful logon.
V-96197 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account creation.
V-96215 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-96195 Medium The Cisco router must automatically disable accounts after a 35-day period of account inactivity.
V-96217 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-97109 Medium The Cisco router must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
V-96283 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically terminate a network administrator session after organization-defined conditions or trigger events requiring session disconnect.
V-96281 Medium The Cisco router must generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and ISSO when accounts are removed.
V-96287 Medium The Cisco router must notify SAs and ISSMs when accounts are created or enabled when previously disabled.
V-96285 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions.
V-96289 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to be compliant with at least one IETF Internet standard authentication protocol.
V-96189 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.
V-96349 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-96347 Medium The Cisco router must notify the administrator of the number of successful logon attempts occurring during an organization-defined time period.
V-96345 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to off-load log records onto a different system than the system being audited.
V-96343 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records when concurrent logons from different workstations occur.
V-96341 Medium The Cisco router must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system.
V-96291 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to audit the execution of privileged functions.
V-96293 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-96295 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-96297 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.
V-96299 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-96339 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.
V-96333 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are modified.
V-96331 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-96337 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
V-96335 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.
V-96225 Medium The Cisco router must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.
V-96227 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.
V-96221 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to log on with access privileges occur.
V-96223 Medium The Cisco router must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.
V-96229 Medium The Cisco router must alert the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.
V-96247 Medium The Cisco router must use multifactor authentication for local access to privileged accounts.
V-96245 Medium The Cisco router must use multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts.
V-96243 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-96321 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.
V-96323 Medium The Cisco router must dynamically manage identifiers.
V-96325 Medium The Cisco router must allow the use of a temporary password for system logons with an immediate change to a permanent password.
V-96249 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.
V-96233 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.
V-96231 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification.
V-96237 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries.
V-96235 Medium The Cisco router must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit information at rest.
V-96255 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one upper-case character be used.
V-96257 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.
V-96251 Medium The Cisco router must disable identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.
V-96253 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
V-96259 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
V-96261 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
V-96263 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-96267 Medium The Cisco router must enforce 24 hours as the minimum password lifetime.
V-96269 Medium The Cisco router must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.
V-96199 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to automatically audit account modification.
V-96315 Medium The Cisco router must electronically verify Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.
V-96359 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to support organizational requirements to conduct backups of the configuration when changes occur.
V-96317 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).
V-96311 Medium The Cisco router must require users to reauthenticate when privilege escalation or role changes occur.
V-96313 Medium The Cisco router must accept Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.
V-96319 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.
V-96279 Medium The Cisco router must generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and ISSO when accounts are disabled.
V-96277 Medium The Cisco router must generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and ISSO when accounts are modified.
V-96275 Medium The Cisco router must generate alerts that can be forwarded to the administrators and ISSO when accounts are created.
V-96273 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-96303 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.
V-96301 Medium The Cisco router must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.
V-96307 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-96305 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-96309 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.