CISC-ND-001310 - The Cisco switch must be configured to off-load log records onto a different system than the system being audited - logging host

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Information

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.

Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

Solution

Configure the Cisco switch to send log records to a syslog server as shown in the example below:

SW4(config)#logging host x.x.x.x
SW4(config)#logging trap notifications

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Cisco_IOS_Switch_Y21M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-220616r521267_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-ND-001310, STIG-Legacy|SV-110461, STIG-Legacy|V-101357, Vuln-ID|V-220616

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: c54312ec68029c71eb3c97bf8cf913c44c5c5c855d57c8acfcbea36af19d2671