The Cisco IOS XE router must generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access.

From Cisco IOS XE Release 3 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000172

SV-88741r2_rule The Cisco IOS XE router must generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access.

Vulnerability discussion

Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.Audit records can be generated from various components within the network device (e.g., module or policy filter).

Check content

Review the Cisco IOS XE router configuration to determine if it automatically audits privileged activities. The configuration should look similar to the example below: logging userinfo archive log config logging enable logging size 1000 notify syslog contenttype plaintext hidekeys If privileged activities are not automatically audited, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the Cisco IOS XE router for auditing. The configuration should look similar to the example below: logging userinfo archive log config logging enable logging size 1000 notify syslog contenttype plaintext hidekeys

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