CISC-RT-000080 - The Cisco switch must not be configured to have any feature enabled that calls home to the vendor.

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Information

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://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Cisco_NX-OS_Switch_Y21M10_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-7(11), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002403, Rule-ID|SV-221078r622190_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-RT-000080, STIG-Legacy|SV-110975, STIG-Legacy|V-101871, Vuln-ID|V-221078

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 5cb19329e9ebc69c854090f95687af588a03b8dd4f6c06a854770f02a3d383c8