The Cisco router must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-96341	CISC-ND-001280	SV-105479r1_rule		Medium

Description
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the network device (e.g., module or policy filter).

STIG	Date
Cisco IOS XE Router NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-95177r1_chk )

The Cisco router is not compliant with this requirement. However, the risk associated with this requirement can be fully mitigated if the router is configured to utilize an authentication server to authenticate and authorize users for administrative access. Review the router configuration to verify that the device is configured to use an authentication server as primary source for authentication as shown in the following example: aaa new-model ! aaa authentication login LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION group radius local … … … ip http authentication aaa login-authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION ip http secure-server … … … radius-server host x.x.x.x auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646 key xxxxxxx … … … line con 0 exec-timeout 10 0 login authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION line vty 0 4 exec-timeout 10 0 login authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION If the router is not configured to use an authentication server to authenticate and authorize users for administrative access, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-102017r1_fix)

Step 1: Configure the Cisco router to use an authentication server as shown in the following example: R4(config)#radius host 10.1.48.2 key xxxxxx Step 2: Configure the authentication order to use the authentication server as primary source for authentication as shown in the following example: R4(config)#aaa authentication login LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION group radius local Step 3: Configure all network connections associated with a device management to use an authentication server for the purpose of login authentication. R4(config)#line vty 0 4 R4(config-line)#login authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION R4(config-line)#exit R4(config)#line con 0 R4(config-line)#login authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION R4(config-line)#exit R4(config)#ip http authentication aaa login-authentication LOGIN_AUTHENTICATION