1.2.2 Ensure 'Host Name' is set

Information

Changes the device default hostname

Rationale:

The device hostname plays an important role in asset inventory and identification as a security requirement, but also in the public keys and certificate deployments as well as when correlating logs from different systems during an incident handling.

Solution

Step 1: Acquire the enterprise naming convention to build the name_of_device

Step 2: Run the following to configure the device hostname

hostname(config)#hostname <name_of_device>

Default Value:

The default value depends on the platform, but generally is ciscoasa

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3246

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-2, CSCv7|11.1

Plugin: Cisco

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