CISC-L2-000070 - The Cisco switch must be configured for authorized users to remotely view, in real time, all content related to an established user session from a component separate from The Cisco switch.

Information

Without the capability to remotely view/hear all content related to a user session, investigations into suspicious user activity would be hampered. Real-time monitoring allows authorized personnel to take action before additional damage is done. The ability to observe user sessions as they are happening allows for interceding in ongoing events that after-the-fact review of captured content would not allow.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Enable the feature or configure the switch so that it is capable of capturing ingress and egress packets from any designated switch port for the purpose of monitoring a specific user session. The example configuration below will capture packets from interface Ethernet1/66 and replicate the packets to Ethernet1/68.

SW1(config)# monitor session 1
SW1(config-monitor)# source interface ethernet 1/66
SW1(config-monitor)# destination interface ethernet 1/68
SW1(config-monitor)# end

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Cisco_NX-OS_Switch_Y24M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-14(3), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001920, Rule-ID|SV-220678r856487_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-L2-000070, STIG-Legacy|SV-110331, STIG-Legacy|V-101227, Vuln-ID|V-220678

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 0a75d82e0864c4985e3008b05c82db01280ca5b04d8b866b078832c2ec6068af