The firewall implementation must use multifactor authentication for local access to privileged accounts.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-37173	SRG-NET-000141-FW-000080	SV-48934r1_rule		Medium

Description
Single-factor authentication poses unnecessary risk to the information system since most single-factor authentication methods use only a userid and password. Passwords are, in most cases, easily hacked with the right tools. Multifactor authentication utilizes multiple levels of identification and authorization criteria and provides a much stronger level of security than single-factor. As privileged users have access to most of the files on the platform, using a single-factor authentication approach provides an easy avenue of attack for a malicious user. Factors include: (i) something you know (e.g., password/PIN); (ii) something you have (e.g., cryptographic identification device, token); or (iii) something you are (e.g., biometric).

Description

Single-factor authentication poses unnecessary risk to the information system since most single-factor authentication methods use only a userid and password. Passwords are, in most cases, easily hacked with the right tools. Multifactor authentication utilizes multiple levels of identification and authorization criteria and provides a much stronger level of security than single-factor. As privileged users have access to most of the files on the platform, using a single-factor authentication approach provides an easy avenue of attack for a malicious user. Factors include: (i) something you know (e.g., password/PIN); (ii) something you have (e.g., cryptographic identification device, token); or (iii) something you are (e.g., biometric).

STIG	Date
Firewall Security Requirements Guide	2013-04-24

Details

Check Text ( C-45498r1_chk )
If authentication functionality is provided by the underlying platform's account management system or by a network authentication server rather than the firewall application itself, this is not a finding. Verify the configuration for the firewall requires access using a multifactor authentication mechanism (e.g., PKI or DoD Alternate Token). If multifactor authentication is not used for local access to privileged accounts, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-45498r1_chk )

If authentication functionality is provided by the underlying platform's account management system or by a network authentication server rather than the firewall application itself, this is not a finding.

Verify the configuration for the firewall requires access using a multifactor authentication mechanism (e.g., PKI or DoD Alternate Token).

If multifactor authentication is not used for local access to privileged accounts, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42111r1_fix)
Configure local access to privileged accounts to use multifactor authentication (e.g., PKI or DoD Alternate Token).