ONTAP must be configured to use an authentication server to provide multifactor authentication.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-246940	NAOT-CM-000002	SV-246940r961863_rule		High

Description
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 robust centralized management, audit records for administrator account access to the organization's network devices can be more readily analyzed for trends and anomalies. The alternative method of defining administrator accounts on each device exposes the device configuration to remote access authentication attacks and system administrators with multiple authenticators for each network device. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000336, SRG-APP-000149-NDM-000247, SRG-APP-000175-NDM-000262, SRG-APP-000177-NDM-000263

Description

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 robust centralized management, audit records for administrator account access to the organization's network devices can be more readily analyzed for trends and anomalies. The alternative method of defining administrator accounts on each device exposes the device configuration to remote access authentication attacks and system administrators with multiple authenticators for each network device. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000336, SRG-APP-000149-NDM-000247, SRG-APP-000175-NDM-000262, SRG-APP-000177-NDM-000263

STIG	Date
NetApp ONTAP DSC 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-50372r835235_chk )
Use "security login show -authentication-method domain" to see users configured to authenticate with Active Directory. If ONTAP is not configured to use an authentication server, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-50326r769151_fix)
Configure ONTAP to make use of Active Directory to authenticate users and prohibit the use of cached authenticators with "security login create -user-or-group-name -authentication-method domain -application ssh".