FGFW-ND-000020 - The FortiGate device must automatically audit account removal actions. - system

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Information

Account management, as a whole, ensures access to the network device is being controlled in a secure manner by granting access to only authorized personnel. Auditing account removal actions will support account management procedures. When device management accounts are terminated, user or service accessibility may be affected. Auditing also ensures authorized active accounts remain enabled and available for use when required.

Solution

This fix can be performed on the FortiGate GUI or on the CLI.
Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege.

1. Click Log and Report.
2. Click Log Settings.
3. Scroll down to Log Settings.
4. For Event Logging options, click 'All' (for most verbose logging) or 'Customize' and include at least System activity event.
5. Click Apply.

or

1. Open a CLI console, via SSH or available from the GUI.
2. Run the following command:
# config log eventfilter
# set event enable
# set system enable
# set endpoint enable
# set user enable
# end

See Also

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

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001405, Rule-ID|SV-234164r628777_rule, STIG-ID|FGFW-ND-000020, Vuln-ID|V-234164

Plugin: FortiGate

Control ID: 8c171310f7e66297af0dc441df21a2d4b79cde50fb110692c55b1041506dbbcb