DISA Cisco IOS XE Switch L2S STIG v3r2

Audit Details

Name: DISA Cisco IOS XE Switch L2S STIG v3r2

Updated: 9/5/2025

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Cisco

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 22

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_Cisco_IOS_XE_Switch_L2S_v3r2.audit

Size: 57.3 kB

MD5: 9ec6320eeb1b790434b5903a0e43bd43
SHA256: c35311f7a2179615db55e7cb3a6929a746cd0b598b8f160395fe7fdae763b6e2

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
CISC-L2-000020 - The Cisco switch must uniquely identify and authenticate all network-connected endpoint devices before establishing any connection.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

CISC-L2-000030 - The Cisco switch must authenticate all VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) messages with a hash function using the most secured cryptographic algorithm available.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

CISC-L2-000040 - The Cisco switch must manage excess bandwidth to limit the effects of packet flooding types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000090 - The Cisco switch must have Root Guard enabled on all switch ports connecting to access layer switches.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000100 - The Cisco switch must have BPDU Guard enabled on all user-facing or untrusted access switch ports.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000110 - The Cisco switch must have STP Loop Guard enabled.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000120 - The Cisco switch must have Unknown Unicast Flood Blocking (UUFB) enabled.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000130 - The Cisco switch must have DHCP snooping for all user VLANs to validate DHCP messages from untrusted sources.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000140 - The Cisco switch must have IP Source Guard enabled on all user-facing or untrusted access switch ports.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000150 - The Cisco switch must have Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Inspection (DAI) enabled on all user VLANs.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000160 - The Cisco switch must have Storm Control configured on all host-facing switchports.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-L2-000170 - The Cisco switch must have IGMP or MLD Snooping configured on all VLANs.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-L2-000180 - The Cisco switch must implement Rapid STP where VLANs span multiple switches with redundant links.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-L2-000190 - The Cisco switch must enable Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD) to protect against one-way connections.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-L2-000200 - The Cisco switch must have all trunk links enabled statically.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-L2-000210 - The Cisco switch must have all disabled switch ports assigned to an unused VLAN.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000220 - The Cisco switch must not have the default VLAN assigned to any host-facing switch ports.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000230 - The Cisco switch must have the default VLAN pruned from all trunk ports that do not require it.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000240 - The Cisco switch must not use the default VLAN for management traffic.

CONTINGENCY PLANNING

CISC-L2-000250 - The Cisco switch must have all user-facing or untrusted ports configured as access switch ports.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000260 - The Cisco switch must have the native VLAN assigned to an ID other than the default VLAN for all 802.1q trunk links.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-L2-000270 - The Cisco switch must not have any switchports assigned to the native VLAN.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION