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FNFG-FW-000055 - The FortiGate firewall must protect the traffic log from unauthorized modification of local log records.

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Information

If audit data were to become compromised, forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity would be impossible to achieve.

To ensure the veracity of audit data, the information system and/or the application must protect audit information from unauthorized modification. This can be achieved through multiple methods, which will depend on system architecture and design. Some commonly employed methods include ensuring log files receive the proper file system permissions and limiting log data locations.

Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, and audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system activity.

This does not apply to traffic logs generated on behalf of the device itself (management). Traffic logs and Management logs are separate on FortiGate.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege.

1. Click System.
2. Click Admin Profiles.
3. Click +Create New (Admin Profile).
4. Assign a meaningful name to the Profile.
5. Set Log and Report access permissions to None.
6. Click OK to save this Profile.

Then,
1. Click System.
2. Click Administrators.
3. Click the Administrator that is not allowed access to log records.
4. Assign the Admin Profile that was created above.
5. Click OK to save.

Repeat this process to remove log access for all Administrators without an organizational need to modify log settings.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_FN_FortiGate_Firewall_Y22M10_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000163, Rule-ID|SV-234142r611426_rule, STIG-ID|FNFG-FW-000055, Vuln-ID|V-234142

Plugin: FortiGate

Control ID: de3416226e47945e107a09d78ecd778e65be0bd203cccb28ff4fc1a1c1ffd515