FGFW-ND-000040 - The FortiGate device must audit the execution of privileged functions

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

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

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
# end

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_FN_FortiGate_Firewall_Y23M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(9), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002234, Rule-ID|SV-234167r879720_rule, STIG-ID|FGFW-ND-000040, Vuln-ID|V-234167

Plugin: FortiGate

Control ID: 792a385d478f2e73cddb2615915678fba28dd3313eb8c54c246f211fbaf13539