The Cisco IOS XE router must initiate session auditing upon startup.

From Cisco IOS XE Release 3 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001464

SV-88661r2_rule The Cisco IOS XE router must initiate session auditing upon startup.

Vulnerability discussion

If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.

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Verify that logging is properly configured on the Cisco IOS XE router. The configuration will look similar to the example below: logging userinfo login on-failure log login on-success log archive log config logging enable logging size 1000 notify syslog contenttype plaintext hidekeys If logging is not configured, this is a finding.

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Enter the following commands to enable auditing. The configuration will look similar to the example below: logging userinfo login on-failure log login on-success log archive log config logging enable logging size 1000 notify syslog contenttype plaintext hidekeys

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