| V-230959 | High | Forescout must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and/or nonsecure functions, ports, protocols, and/or services. | To prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable unused... |
| V-230972 | High | Forescout must be configured to send log data to a central log server for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the Information System Security Officer (ISSO). | The aggregation of log data kept on a syslog server can be used to detect attacks and trigger an alert to the appropriate security personnel. The stored log data can be used to detect weaknesses... |
| V-230961 | High | Forescout must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC). | Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Bidirectional authentication provides stronger safeguards to validate... |
| V-230969 | High | Forescout must use FIPS 140-2 approved algorithms for authentication to a cryptographic module. | Unapproved mechanisms used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not validated and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be... |
| V-230970 | High | Forescout must terminate all network connections associated with a device management session at the end of the session, or the session must be terminated after 10 minutes of inactivity except to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements. | Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a management session enabled on the console or console port... |
| V-230971 | High | Forescout must only allow authorized administrators to view or change the device configuration, system files, and other files stored either in the device or on removable media (such as a flash drive). | This requirement addresses the confidentiality and integrity of system information at rest (e.g., network device rule sets) when it is located on a storage device within the network device or as a... |
| V-230958 | Medium | Forescout must obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider. | For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved shared service provider, as required by OMB policy. For federal agencies operating a legacy public key infrastructure... |
| V-230950 | Medium | Forescout must limit privileges to change the modules and OSs resident within software libraries. | Changes to any software components of the network device can have significant effects on the overall security of the network. Therefore, only qualified and authorized individuals must be allowed... |
| V-230951 | Medium | Forescout must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to the firmware, OS, USB port, and console port. | Changes to the hardware or software components of the network device can have significant effects on the overall security of the network. Therefore, only qualified and authorized individuals must... |
| V-230952 | Medium | Forescout must be configured to use an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access. | Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and nonlocal access methods. This control is particularly important protection against the insider threat. With... |
| V-230953 | Medium | Forescout must be running an operating system release that is currently supported by the vendor. | Network devices running an unsupported operating system lack current security fixes required to mitigate the risks associated with recent vulnerabilities.
In Oct 2021, there is plan to make... |
| V-230955 | Medium | Forescout must generate log records for a locally developed list of auditable events. | Auditing and logging are key components of any security architecture. Logging the actions of specific events provides a means to investigate an attack; to recognize resource utilization or... |
| V-230956 | Medium | Forescout must be configured to conduct backups of system-level information contained in the information system when changes occur. | System-level information includes default and customized settings and security attributes, including ACLs that relate to the network device configuration, as well as software required for the... |
| V-230957 | Medium | Forescout must support organizational requirements to conduct backups of information system documentation, including security-related documentation, when changes occur or weekly, whichever is sooner. | System-level information includes default and customized settings and security attributes, including ACLs that relate to the network device configuration, as well as software required for the... |
| V-230962 | Medium | Before establishing a connection with a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server, Forescout must authenticate using a bidirectional, cryptographically based authentication method that uses a FIPS-validated Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher block algorithm to authenticate with the NTP server. | If Network Time Protocol is not authenticated, an attacker can introduce a rogue NTP server. This rogue server can then be used to send incorrect time information to network devices, which will... |
| V-230965 | Medium | Forescout must enforce a minimum 15-character password length. | Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to... |
| V-230964 | Medium | Forescout must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used. | Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in... |
| V-230967 | Medium | Forescout must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used. | Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in... |
| V-230966 | Medium | Forescout must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used. | Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in... |
| V-230954 | Medium | If the network device uses role-based access control, Forescout must enforce organization-defined, role-based access control policies over defined subjects and objects. | Organizations can create specific roles based on job functions and the authorizations (i.e., privileges) to perform needed operations on organizational information systems associated with the... |
| V-230947 | Medium | Forescout must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration. | Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration may have significant effects on the overall security of the system.
For Forescout, ensure only... |
| V-230946 | Medium | Forescout must prohibit installation of software without explicit privileged permission by only authorized individuals. | Allowing anyone to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malicious software will be installed on the system. This requirement applies to... |
| V-230945 | Medium | Forescout must be configured to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). | If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis.
Time stamps generated by the application include date and time.... |
| V-230944 | Medium | Forescout must be configured to synchronize internal information system clocks using redundant authoritative time sources. | The loss of connectivity to a particular authoritative time source will result in the loss of time synchronization (free-run mode) and increasingly inaccurate time stamps on audit events and other... |
| V-230963 | Medium | Forescout must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used. | Use of a complex passwords helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in... |
| V-230932 | Medium | Forescout must be configured with only one web account and one CLI account of last resort with limited access and used only when the authentication server is unavailable. | Authentication for administrative (privileged-level) access to the device is required at all times. An account can be created on the device's local database for use when the authentication server... |
| V-230933 | Medium | Forescout 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. | By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. |
| V-230931 | Medium | Forescout must terminate the account of last resort password when members with access to the password leave the group. | A shared/group account credential is a shared form of authentication that allows multiple individuals to access the network device using a single account. If shared/group account credentials are... |
| V-230948 | Low | Forescout must audit the enforcement actions used to restrict access associated with changes to the device. | Without auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to the device configuration, it will be difficult to identify attempted attacks, and an audit trail will not be available... |
| V-230943 | Low | The Forescout must configure a remote syslog where audit records are stored on a centralized logging target that is different from the system being audited. | Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.
Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. |
| V-230968 | Low | Forescout must require that when a password is changed, the characters are changed in at least eight of the positions within the password. | If the application allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the window of opportunity for attempts at... |
| V-230942 | Low | Forescout must generate log records when concurrent logons from different workstations occur. | Without generating log 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... |
| V-230960 | Low | Forescout must disable the Request Customer Verification setting. | To prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable unused... |
| V-230949 | Low | Forescout must prevent the installation of patches, service packs, plug-ins, or modules without verification the update has been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization. | Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the network device. Verifying software components have been digitally signed using a certificate that is... |
| V-230941 | Low | Forescout must generate log records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system. | Without generating log 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... |
| V-230940 | Low | Forescout must generate log records for privileged activities or other system-level access. | Without generating log 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... |
| V-230938 | Low | Forescout must generate log records when attempts to delete administrator privileges occur. | Without generating log records 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... |
| V-230939 | Low | Forescout must generate log records showing when successful logon attempts occur. | Without generating log 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... |
| V-230930 | Low | Forescout must limit the number of concurrent sessions to one for each administrator account. | Device management includes the ability to control the number of administrators and management sessions that manage a device. Limiting the number of allowed administrators and sessions per... |
| V-230936 | Low | Forescout must generate log records when successful attempts to access privileges occur. | Without generating log records 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... |
| V-230937 | Low | Forescout must generate log records when attempts to modify administrator privileges occur. | Without generating log 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... |
| V-230934 | Low | Forescout must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device. | Display of the DoD-approved use notification before granting access to the application ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal laws, Executive... |
| V-230935 | Low | Forescout must retain the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until the administrator acknowledges the usage conditions and takes explicit actions to log on for further access. | The banner must be acknowledged by the administrator prior to the device allowing the administrator access to the network device. This provides assurance that the administrator has seen the... |
