F5BI-DM-000021 - The BIG-IP appliance must automatically audit account modification.

Information

Since the accounts in the network device are privileged or system-level accounts, account management is vital to the security of the network device. Account management by a designated authority ensures access to the network device is being controlled in a secure manner by granting access to only authorized personnel with the appropriate and necessary privileges. Auditing account modification along with an automatic notification to appropriate individuals will provide the necessary reconciliation that account management procedures are being followed. If modifications to management accounts are not audited, reconciliation of account management procedures cannot be tracked.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the BIG-IP appliance to use an approved authentication server that automatically audits account modifications.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_F5_BIG-IP_11-x_Y23M11_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001403, Rule-ID|SV-217384r879526_rule, STIG-ID|F5BI-DM-000021, STIG-Legacy|SV-74535, STIG-Legacy|V-60105, Vuln-ID|V-217384

Plugin: F5

Control ID: 271c687ebe9fc322e418751b450210f6b24adcff69e964d4d64e50760754ab47