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DISA Cisco NX OS Switch NDM STIG v3r3

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Audit Details

Name: DISA Cisco NX OS Switch NDM STIG v3r3

Updated: 11/19/2025

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Cisco

Revision: 1.1

Estimated Item Count: 42

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_Cisco_NX_OS_Switch_NDM_v3r3.audit

Size: 119 kB

MD5: db777797a15ba3cdab7b6236fc653ca5
SHA256: 2e66c08316258fbda09a8a8a8f96a61722aaba741b8cbca4265e7570cc22ae23

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
CISC-ND-000010 - The Cisco switch must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.
CISC-ND-000090 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account creation.
CISC-ND-000100 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account modification.
CISC-ND-000110 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.
CISC-ND-000120 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions.
CISC-ND-000140 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the device based on control policies.
CISC-ND-000150 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must disconnect the session.
CISC-ND-000160 - The Cisco switch must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device.
CISC-ND-000210 - The Cisco switch must be configured to protect against an individual falsely denying having performed organization-defined actions to be covered by non-repudiation.
CISC-ND-000290 - The Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.
CISC-ND-000330 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.
CISC-ND-000470 - The Cisco switch must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and nonsecure functions and services.
CISC-ND-000490 - The Cisco switch must be configured with only one local account to be used as the account of last resort in the event the authentication server is unavailable.
CISC-ND-000530 - The Cisco switch must be configured to implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.
CISC-ND-000570 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.
CISC-ND-000580 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.
CISC-ND-000590 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
CISC-ND-000600 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
CISC-ND-000720 - The Cisco switch must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after five minutes of inactivity.
CISC-ND-000880 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions.
CISC-ND-000940 - The Cisco switch must be configured to audit the execution of privileged functions.
CISC-ND-000980 - The Cisco switch must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.
CISC-ND-001000 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.
CISC-ND-001030 - The Cisco switch must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.
CISC-ND-001050 - The Cisco switch must be configured to record time stamps for log records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
CISC-ND-001130 - The Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).
CISC-ND-001140 - The Cisco switch must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.
CISC-ND-001150 - The Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.
CISC-ND-001200 - The Cisco switch must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions.
CISC-ND-001210 - The Cisco switch must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.
CISC-ND-001220 - The Cisco switch must be configured to protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.
CISC-ND-001240 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are modified.
CISC-ND-001250 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.
CISC-ND-001260 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
CISC-ND-001270 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.
CISC-ND-001280 - The Cisco switch must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system.
CISC-ND-001310 - The Cisco switch must be configured to off-load log records onto a different system than the system being audited.
CISC-ND-001370 - The Cisco switch must be configured to use at least two authentication servers for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.
CISC-ND-001410 - The Cisco switch must be configured to support organizational requirements to conduct backups of the configuration when changes occur.
CISC-ND-001440 - The Cisco switch must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.
CISC-ND-001450 - The Cisco switch must be configured to send log data to at least two central log servers for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the information system security officer (ISSO).
CISC-ND-001470 - The Cisco switch must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems.