The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to log on with access privileges occur.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-220483	CISC-ND-000250	SV-220483r604141_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 information system (e.g., module or policy filter).

STIG	Date
Cisco NX-OS Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-09-16

Details

Check Text ( C-22198r539170_chk )
Review the Cisco switch configuration to verify that it is compliant with this requirement. The configuration example below will log all logon attempts. logging logfile LOG_FILE 6 logging level authpri 6 If the Cisco switch is not configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to logon, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22187r539171_fix)
Configure the Cisco switch to log all logon attempts as shown in the example below: Step 1: Lower the authpriv level to 6. SW1(config)# logging level authpriv 6 Step 2: Configure a logfile to record log messages at level 6. SW1(config)# logging logfile LOG_FILE 6