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1.41 CISC-ND-001450

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Information

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).

GROUP ID: V-220516
RULE ID: SV-220516r961863

The aggregation of log data kept on a syslog server can be used to detect attacks and trigger an alert to the appropriate security personnel. The stored log data can used to detect weaknesses in security that enable the network IA team to find and address these weaknesses before breaches can occur. Reviewing these logs, whether before or after a security breach, are important in showing whether someone is an internal employee or an outside threat.

Solution

Configure the switch to send log messages to the syslog servers as shown in the example below:

SW4(config)# logging server 10.1.48.10 6
SW4(config)# logging server 10.1.48.11 6

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23773

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-4(1), CAT|I, CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-220516r961863_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-ND-001450, Vuln-ID|V-220516

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 8d4c90472a493db4d12f8fd7410c3a52e1254217dec4343568e3adf596e63928