The IDPS must log administrator access and system configuration changes in a central logging server such as a management console/server.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000108-IDPS-000069	SRG-NET-000108-IDPS-000069	SRG-NET-000108-IDPS-000069_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 IDPS are logged; and system administrators authenticate with 2-factor authentication before gaining administrative access. Together, these processes will ensure the administrators can be held accountable for the configuration changes they implement.

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 IDPS are logged; and system administrators authenticate with 2-factor authentication before gaining administrative access. Together, these processes will ensure the administrators can be held accountable for the configuration changes they implement.

STIG	Date
IDPS Security Requirements Guide (SRG)	2012-03-08

Details

Check Text ( C-43197_chk )
View the audit log for the IDPS management console. Perform a search to verify the existence of log entries showing administrative user logins for the sensors and management console interfaces. Perform a search for examples of IDPS configuration changes in the existing log entries. If system administrator logins and changes to the IDPS are not captured in the central management console/server (or local system events log if a management console is not available.), this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-43197_chk )

View the audit log for the IDPS management console.
Perform a search to verify the existence of log entries showing administrative user logins for the sensors and management console interfaces.
Perform a search for examples of IDPS configuration changes in the existing log entries.

If system administrator logins and changes to the IDPS are not captured in the central management console/server (or local system events log if a management console is not available.), this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43197_fix)
Configure the management console audit log to capture system administrator login events. Configure the management console audit log to capture configuration changes to the IDPS application. Configure the management console audit log to capture configuration changes to any sensor.