The HP FlexFabric Switch must provide the capability for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed based on all selectable event criteria within near-real-time.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-66239	HFFS-ND-000094	SV-80729r1_rule		Medium

Description
If authorized individuals do not have the ability to modify auditing parameters in response to a changing threat environment, the organization may not be able to effectively respond, and important forensic information may be lost. This requirement enables organizations to extend or limit auditing as necessary to meet organizational requirements. Auditing that is limited to conserve information system resources may be extended to address certain threat situations. In addition, auditing may be limited to a specific set of events to facilitate audit reduction, analysis, and reporting. Organizations can establish time thresholds in which audit actions are changed, for example, near-real-time, within minutes, or within hours. The individuals or roles to change the auditing are dependent on the security configuration of the HP FlexFabric Switch. For example, it may be configured to allow only some administrators to change the auditing, while other administrators can review audit logs but not reconfigure auditing. Because this capability is so powerful, organizations should be extremely cautious about only granting this capability to fully authorized security personnel.

Description

If authorized individuals do not have the ability to modify auditing parameters in response to a changing threat environment, the organization may not be able to effectively respond, and important forensic information may be lost. This requirement enables organizations to extend or limit auditing as necessary to meet organizational requirements. Auditing that is limited to conserve information system resources may be extended to address certain threat situations. In addition, auditing may be limited to a specific set of events to facilitate audit reduction, analysis, and reporting. Organizations can establish time thresholds in which audit actions are changed, for example, near-real-time, within minutes, or within hours. The individuals or roles to change the auditing are dependent on the security configuration of the HP FlexFabric Switch. For example, it may be configured to allow only some administrators to change the auditing, while other administrators can review audit logs but not reconfigure auditing. Because this capability is so powerful, organizations should be extremely cautious about only granting this capability to fully authorized security personnel.

STIG	Date
HP FlexFabric Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-09-27

Details

Check Text ( C-66885r1_chk )
Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch provides the capability for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed based on all selectable event criteria within near-real-time. [HP] display info-center Information Center: Enabled Console: Enabled Monitor: Enabled Log host: Enabled 192.100.50.27, port number: 514, host facility: local7 Log buffer: Enabled Max buffer size 1024, current buffer size 512 Current messages 66, dropped messages 0, overwritten messages 0 Log file: Enabled Security log file: Enabled Information timestamp format: Log host: Date Other output destination: Date If the HP FlexFabric Switch does not provide the capability for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed based on all selectable event criteria within near-real-time, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-66885r1_chk )

Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch provides the capability for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed based on all selectable event criteria within near-real-time.

[HP] display info-center

Information Center: Enabled
Console: Enabled
Monitor: Enabled
Log host: Enabled
192.100.50.27,
port number: 514, host facility: local7
Log buffer: Enabled
Max buffer size 1024, current buffer size 512
Current messages 66, dropped messages 0, overwritten messages 0
Log file: Enabled
Security log file: Enabled
Information timestamp format:
Log host: Date
Other output destination: Date

If the HP FlexFabric Switch does not provide the capability for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed based on all selectable event criteria within near-real-time, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-72315r1_fix)
Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch to provide the capability for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed based on all selectable event criteria within near-real-time. [HP] info-center security-logfile enable