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1.20 CISC-ND-000880

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Information

The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions.

GROUP ID: V-220494
RULE ID: SV-220494r961290

Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to simply enable a new or disabled account. Notification of account enabling is one method for mitigating this risk. A comprehensive account management process will ensure an audit trail which documents the creation of application user accounts and notifies administrators and Information System Security Officers (ISSO). Such a process greatly reduces the risk that accounts will be surreptitiously created and provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes.

Solution

Configure the switch to log account enabling using the following steps:

Step 1: Configure the AAA servers as shown in the example below:

SW1(config)# radius-server host 10.1.48.10
SW1(config)# radius-server host 10.1.48.12

Step 2: Configure an AAA server group as shown in the example below:

SW1(config)# aaa group server radius RADIUS_SERVERS
SW1(config-radius)# server 10.1.48.10
SW1(config-radius)# server 10.1.48.12
SW1(config-radius)# exit

Step 3: Enable AAA accounting as shown in the example below:

SW1(config)# aaa accounting default group RADIUS_SERVERS
SW1(config)# end

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-2(4), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002130, Rule-ID|SV-220494r961290_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-ND-000880, Vuln-ID|V-220494

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 7fd28cea9df3ef5db73a483a2c298fdaa6e6d13fdb59ae72c12ae23d6b4dd732