Palo Alto Networks IDPS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Overview

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STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via e-mail to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

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Findings (MAC III - Administrative Sensitive)

Finding ID	Severity	Title	Description
V-62653	Medium	In the event of a logging failure caused by the lack of audit record storage capacity, the Palo Alto Networks security platform must continue generating and storing audit records if possible, overwriting the oldest audit records in a first-in-first-out manner.	It is critical that when the Palo Alto Networks security platform is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it takes action to mitigate the failure. The Palo Alto Networks security...
V-62651	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must capture traffic of detected/blocked malicious code.	Associating event outcome with detected events in the log provides a means of investigating an attack or suspected attack. The logs should identify what servers, destination addresses,...
V-62679	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must use a Vulnerability Protection Profile that blocks any critical, high, or medium threats.	If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation of IDPS detection and prevention components (i.e., sensors) at key...
V-62659	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must install updates for application software files, signature definitions, detection heuristics, and vendor-provided rules when new releases are available in accordance with organizational configuration management policy and procedures.	Failing to update malicious code protection mechanisms, including application software files, signature definitions, and vendor-provided rules, leaves the system vulnerable to exploitation by...
V-62689	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must continuously monitor inbound communications traffic for unusual/unauthorized activities or conditions.	If inbound communications traffic is not continuously monitored for unusual/unauthorized activities or conditions, there will be times when hostile activity may not be noticed and defended...
V-62657	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must detect and block any prohibited mobile or otherwise malicious code at the enclave boundary.	Mobile code is defined as software modules obtained from remote systems, transferred across a network, and then downloaded and executed on a local system without explicit installation or execution...
V-62673	Medium	To protect against unauthorized data mining, the Palo Alto Networks security platform must detect and prevent code injection attacks launched against application objects including, at a minimum, application URLs and application code.	Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure to detect attacks that use unauthorized data mining techniques to attack...
V-62677	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must protect against or limit the effects of known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing rate-based attack prevention behavior analysis (traffic thresholds).	If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attack, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation of IDPS detection and prevention components (i.e., sensors) at key...
V-62699	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must send an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSO and ISSM when denial of service incidents are detected.	Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information. CJCSM 6510.01B,...
V-62693	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must send an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSO and ISSM when intrusion detection events are detected which indicate a compromise or potential for compromise.	Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of intrusion detection incidents that require immediate action and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information. An Intrusion...
V-62691	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must continuously monitor outbound communications traffic for unusual/unauthorized activities or conditions.	If outbound communications traffic is not continuously monitored for unusual/unauthorized activities or conditions, there will be times when hostile activity may not be noticed and defended...
V-62697	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must generate an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSO and ISSM when rootkits or other malicious software which allows unauthorized privileged or non-privileged access is detected.	Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information. CJCSM 6510.01B,...
V-62695	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must send an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSO and ISSM when threats identified by authoritative sources (e.g., IAVMs or CTOs) are detected.	Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and the ability to perform forensic analysis and detect rate-based and other anomalies will be...
V-62667	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must block outbound ICMP Destination Unreachable, Redirect, and Address Mask reply messages.	Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages are used to provide feedback about problems in the network. These messages are sent back to the sender to support diagnostics. However, some...
V-62665	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must automatically install updates to signature definitions, detection heuristics, and vendor-provided rules.	Failing to automatically update malicious code protection mechanisms, including application software files, signature definitions, and vendor-provided rules, leaves the system vulnerable to...
V-62663	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must send an immediate (within seconds) alert to, at a minimum, the SCA when malicious code is detected.	Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and the ability to perform forensic analysis and detect rate-based and other anomalies will be...
V-62661	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must detect and block any prohibited mobile or otherwise malicious code at internal boundaries.	Mobile code is defined as software modules obtained from remote systems, transferred across a network, and then downloaded and executed on a local system without explicit installation or execution...
V-62669	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must block malicious ICMP packets.	Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages are used to provide feedback about problems in the network. These messages are sent back to the sender to support diagnostics. However, ICMP can...
V-62649	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the event, including, at a minimum, originating source address.	Associating the source of the event with detected events in the logs provides a means of investigating an attack or suspected attack. While auditing and logging are closely related, they are not...
V-62701	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must generate an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSO and ISSM when new active propagation of malware infecting DoD systems or malicious code adversely affecting the operations and/or security of DoD systems is detected.	Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information. CJCSM 6510.01B,...
V-62647	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must enable Antivirus, Anti-spyware, and Vulnerability Protection for all authorized traffic.	The flow of all communications traffic must be monitored and controlled so it does not introduce any unacceptable risk to the network infrastructure or data. Restricting the flow of...
V-62685	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must generate a log record when unauthorized network services are detected.	Unauthorized or unapproved network services lack organizational verification or validation and therefore may be unreliable or serve as malicious rogues for valid services. Examples of network...
V-62671	Medium	To protect against unauthorized data mining, the Palo Alto Networks security platform must detect and prevent SQL and other code injection attacks launched against data storage objects, including, at a minimum, databases, database records, queries, and fields.	Data mining is the analysis of large quantities of data to discover patterns and is used in intelligence gathering. Failure to detect attacks that use unauthorized data mining techniques to attack...
V-62681	Medium	Palo Alto Networks security platform components, including sensors, event databases, and management consoles must integrate with a network-wide monitoring capability.	An integrated, network-wide intrusion detection capability increases the ability to detect and prevent sophisticated distributed attacks based on access patterns and characteristics of...
V-62683	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must detect use of network services that have not been authorized or approved by the ISSM and ISSO, at a minimum.	Unauthorized or unapproved network services lack organizational verification or validation and therefore may be unreliable or serve as malicious rogues for valid services. Examples of network...
V-62655	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must have a DoS Protection Profile for outbound traffic applied to a policy for traffic originating from the internal zone going to the external zone.	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must include protection against DoS attacks that originate from inside the enclave which can affect either internal or external systems. These attacks may...
V-62687	Medium	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must generate an alert to the ISSO and ISSM, at a minimum, when unauthorized network services are detected.	Unauthorized or unapproved network services lack organizational verification or validation and therefore may be unreliable or serve as malicious rogues for valid services. Automated mechanisms...
V-62675	Low	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must off-load log records to a centralized log server.	Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading ensures audit information does not get overwritten if the limited audit storage...
V-62703	Low	The Palo Alto Networks security platform must off-load log records to a centralized log server in real-time.	Off-loading ensures audit information does not get overwritten if the limited audit storage capacity is reached and also protects the audit record in case the system/component being audited is...