DISA STIG Palo Alto ALG v3r2

Audit Details

Name: DISA STIG Palo Alto ALG v3r2

Updated: 11/26/2024

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Palo_Alto

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 50

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_Palo_Alto_Networks_ALG_v3r2.audit

Size: 260 kB

MD5: d03149f3cbbd877288a5d906783a193e
SHA256: 7f68a7a476d77143961eb12d72955feab023d8970b060c1e91d81ca9d6db4aa3

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
PANW-AG-000015 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform, if used to provide intermediary services for remote access communications traffic (TLS or SSL decryption), must ensure inbound and outbound traffic is monitored for compliance with remote access security policies.

ACCESS CONTROL

PANW-AG-000016 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform, if used as a TLS gateway/decryption point or VPN concentrator, must use encryption services that implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.

ACCESS CONTROL

PANW-AG-000017 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform that stores secret or private keys must use FIPS-approved key management technology and processes in the production and control of private/secret cryptographic keys.

ACCESS CONTROL

PANW-AG-000020 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform, if used as a TLS gateway/decryption point or VPN concentrator, must use NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to protect the integrity of remote access sessions.

ACCESS CONTROL

PANW-AG-000024 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must log violations of security policies.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PANW-AG-000035 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must only enable User-ID on trusted zones.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

PANW-AG-000036 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must disable WMI probing if it is not used.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

PANW-AG-000037 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must not enable the DNS proxy.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

PANW-AG-000038 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

PANW-AG-000044 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform that provides intermediary services for TLS must validate certificates used for TLS functions by performing RFC 5280-compliant certification path validation.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PANW-AG-000047 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must protect against the use of internal systems for launching denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against external networks or endpoints.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000049 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must block phone home traffic.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000050 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must deny outbound IP packets that contain an illegitimate address in the source address field.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000051 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must deny network communications traffic by default and allow network communications traffic by exception (i.e., deny all, permit by exception).

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000052 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must terminate communications sessions after 15 minutes of inactivity.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000060 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must update malicious code protection mechanisms and signature definitions whenever new releases are available in accordance with organizational configuration management policy and procedures.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000062 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must drop malicious code upon detection.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000063 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must delete or quarantine malicious code in response to malicious code detection.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000064 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must send an immediate (within seconds) alert to the system administrator, at a minimum, in response to malicious code detection

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000065 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must automatically update malicious code protection mechanisms

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000073 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must deny or restrict detected prohibited mobile code

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000074 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must prevent the download of prohibited mobile code

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000078 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform, if used as a TLS gateway/decryption point or VPN concentrator, must control remote access methods (inspect and filter traffic).

ACCESS CONTROL

PANW-AG-000079 - The Palo Alto Networks security, if used as a TLS gateway/decryption point or VPN concentrator, must provide the capability to immediately disconnect or disable remote access to the information system.

ACCESS CONTROL

PANW-AG-000080 - To protect against 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.

ACCESS CONTROL

PANW-AG-000081 - To protect against 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.

ACCESS CONTROL

PANW-AG-000094 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must off-load audit records onto a different system or media than the system being audited.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PANW-AG-000101 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform being used for TLS/SSL decryption using PKI-based user authentication must only accept end entity certificates issued by DoD PKI or DoD-approved PKI Certificate Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of protected sessions.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000102 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must block outbound traffic containing denial-of-service (DoS) attacks to protect against the use of internal information systems to launch any DoS attacks against other networks or endpoints.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000105 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must use a Vulnerability Protection Profile that blocks any critical, high, or medium threats.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000107 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must only allow incoming communications from organization-defined authorized sources forwarded to organization-defined authorized destinations.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000109 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must identify and log internal users associated with prohibited outgoing communications traffic.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000111 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must be configured to integrate with a system-wide intrusion detection system.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000112 - 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.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000113 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must generate a log record when unauthorized network services are detected.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000114 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must generate an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSO and ISSM when unauthorized network services are detected.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000115 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must continuously monitor inbound communications traffic crossing internal security boundaries.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000116 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must continuously monitor outbound communications traffic crossing internal security boundaries.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000118 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must generate an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSO and ISSM when threats identified by authoritative sources (e.g., IAVMs or CTOs) are detected.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000119 - 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 access is detected.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000120 - 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 non-privileged access is detected.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000121 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must generate a log record that can be used to send an alert to, at a minimum, the information system security officer (ISSO) and information system security manager (ISSM) when denial-of-service (DoS) incidents are detected.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000122 - 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.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000127 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must block traceroutes and ICMP probes originating from untrusted networks (e.g., ISP and other non-DoD networks).

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PANW-AG-000141 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform providing encryption intermediary services must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to generate cryptographic hashes.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000143 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform, if used for TLS/SSL decryption, must use NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to implement encryption.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000144 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must, at a minimum, off-load threat and traffic log records onto a centralized log server in real time

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PANW-AG-000147 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must inspect inbound and outbound SMTP and Extended SMTP communications traffic (if authorized) for protocol compliance and protocol anomalies.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000148 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must inspect inbound and outbound FTP and FTPS communications traffic (if authorized) for protocol compliance and protocol anomalies.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PANW-AG-000149 - The Palo Alto Networks security platform must inspect inbound and outbound HTTP traffic (if authorized) for protocol compliance and protocol anomalies.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION