F5BI-DM-000087 - The BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use NIAP evaluated cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit information at rest.

Information

Audit records may be tampered with. If the integrity of audit data were to become compromised, then forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impossible to achieve.

Protection of audit records and audit data, including audit configuration settings, is of critical importance. Cryptographic mechanisms are the industry-established standard used to protect the integrity of audit data. An example of a cryptographic mechanism is the computation and application of a cryptographic-signed hash using asymmetric cryptography.

This requirement is not intended to cause a new cryptographic hash to be generated every time a record is added to a log file.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the BIG-IP appliance to off-load audit information to a system that uses NIAP evaluated cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit information at rest.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_F5_BIG-IP_Y24M01_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|AU-9(3), 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, CCI|CCI-001350, Rule-ID|SV-228987r879887_rule, STIG-ID|F5BI-DM-000087, STIG-Legacy|SV-74567, STIG-Legacy|V-60137, Vuln-ID|V-228987

Plugin: F5

Control ID: 2a726f669bdd919f57fcd9fa97606964814d514ea7d0f1c360ed67a25a572fa5