DISA STIG Cisco NX-OS Switch NDM v3r1

Audit Details

Name: DISA STIG Cisco NX-OS Switch NDM v3r1

Updated: 8/28/2024

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Cisco

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 42

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_Cisco_NX-OS_Switch_NDM_v3r1.audit

Size: 104 kB

MD5: 8a67d778f721cc35cf1443725a497cc5
SHA256: b4bb0932bf4b73b770e90f9940b4ce73be13b27dcb6fde365a1e392d04fbe98f

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
CISC-ND-000010 - The Cisco switch must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000090 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account creation.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000100 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account modification.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000110 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000120 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000140 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the device based on control policies.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000150 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must disconnect the session.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000160 - The Cisco switch must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000210 - The Cisco switch must be configured to protect against an individual falsely denying having performed organization-defined actions to be covered by non-repudiation.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-000290 - The Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-000330 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-000470 - The Cisco switch must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and nonsecure functions and services.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-ND-000490 - The Cisco switch must be configured with only one local account to be used as the account of last resort in the event the authentication server is unavailable.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000530 - The Cisco switch must be configured to implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

CISC-ND-000570 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

CISC-ND-000580 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

CISC-ND-000590 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

CISC-ND-000600 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

CISC-ND-000720 - The Cisco switch must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after five minutes of inactivity.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-ND-000880 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000940 - The Cisco switch must be configured to audit the execution of privileged functions.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-000980 - The Cisco switch must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001000 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001030 - The Cisco switch must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001050 - The Cisco switch must be configured to record time stamps for log records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001130 - The Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

CISC-ND-001140 - The Cisco switch must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-ND-001150 - The Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

CISC-ND-001200 - The Cisco switch must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions.

MAINTENANCE

CISC-ND-001210 - The Cisco switch must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.

MAINTENANCE

CISC-ND-001220 - The Cisco switch must be configured to protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-ND-001240 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are modified.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001250 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001260 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001270 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001280 - The Cisco switch must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001310 - The Cisco switch must be configured to off-load log records onto a different system than the system being audited.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001370 - The Cisco switch must be configured to use at least two authentication servers for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-ND-001410 - The Cisco switch must be configured to support organizational requirements to conduct backups of the configuration when changes occur.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, CONTINGENCY PLANNING

CISC-ND-001440 - The Cisco switch must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-ND-001450 - The Cisco switch must be configured to send log data to at least two central log servers for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the information system security officer (ISSO).

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-ND-001470 - The Cisco switch must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY