1.7 CISC-RT-000080

Information

The Cisco switch must not be configured to have any feature enabled that calls home to the vendor.

GROUP ID:V-221078
RULE ID:SV-221078r999687

Call home services will routinely send data such as configuration and diagnostic information to the vendor for routine or emergency analysis and troubleshooting. There is a risk that transmission of sensitive data sent to unauthorized persons could result in data loss or downtime due to an attack.

Solution

Disable the call home feature as shown below:

SW1(config)# callhome
SW1(config-callhome)# no enable
SW1(config-callhome)# end

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26426