The Cisco device must be configured to audit all administrator activity.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215815	CISC-ND-000210	SV-215815r879554_rule		Medium

Description
This requirement supports non-repudiation of actions taken by an administrator and is required in order to maintain the integrity of the configuration management process. All configuration changes to the network device are logged, and administrators authenticate with two-factor authentication before gaining administrative access. Together, these processes will ensure the administrators can be held accountable for the configuration changes they implement. To meet this requirement, the network device must log administrator access and activity.

Description

This requirement supports non-repudiation of actions taken by an administrator and is required in order to maintain the integrity of the configuration management process. All configuration changes to the network device are logged, and administrators authenticate with two-factor authentication before gaining administrative access. Together, these processes will ensure the administrators can be held accountable for the configuration changes they implement. To meet this requirement, the network device must log administrator access and activity.

STIG	Date
Cisco IOS XE Router NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-02-17

Details

Check Text ( C-17054r287484_chk )
Review the Cisco router configuration to verify that it is compliant with this requirement as shown in the example below. hostname R1 ! logging userinfo ! … … … archive log config logging enable ! Note: The logging userinfo global configuration command will generate a log when a user increases his or her privilege level. If logging of administrator activity is not configured, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-17054r287484_chk )

Review the Cisco router configuration to verify that it is compliant with this requirement as shown in the example below.

hostname R1
!
logging userinfo
!
…
…
…
archive
log config
logging enable
!

Note: The logging userinfo global configuration command will generate a log when a user increases his or her privilege level.

If logging of administrator activity is not configured, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-17052r287485_fix)
Configure the router to log administrator activity as shown in the example below. R1(config)#logging userinfo R1(config)#archive R1(config-archive)#log config R1(config-archive-log-cfg)#logging enable R1(config-archive-log-cfg)#end