CISC-ND-000940 - The Cisco switch must be configured to audit the execution of privileged functions - logging enable

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Information

Misuse of privileged functions, either intentionally or unintentionally by authorized users, or by unauthorized external entities that have compromised information system accounts, is a serious and ongoing concern and can have significant adverse impacts on organizations.

Auditing the use of privileged functions is one way to detect such misuse and identify the risk from insider threats and the advanced persistent threat.

Solution

Configure the Cisco switch to log all commands entered from the command line interface as well as all configuration changes as shown in the example below:

SW1(config)#logging userinfo
SW1(config)#archive
SW1(config-archive)#log config
SW1(config-archive-log-cfg)#logging enable
SW1(config-archive-log-cfg)#end

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-12, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002234, Rule-ID|SV-220598r521267_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-ND-000940, STIG-Legacy|SV-110425, STIG-Legacy|V-101321, Vuln-ID|V-220598

Plugin: Cisco

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