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The network device must use multifactor authentication for local access to privileged accounts.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
SRG-NET-000141-NDM-000103 SRG-NET-000141-NDM-000103 SRG-NET-000141-NDM-000103_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).
STIG Date
Network Device Management Security Requirements Guide 2013-07-30

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000141-NDM-000103_chk )
If authentication functionality is provided by the underlying platform's account management system or by a network authentication server rather than the network device application itself, this is not a finding.

Verify the configuration for the network device 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-SRG-NET-000141-NDM-000103_fix)
Configure local access to privileged accounts to use multifactor authentication (e.g., PKI or DoD Alternate Token).