The network device must be configured to use an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-202132	SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000336	SV-202132r539624_rule		High

Description
Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and nonlocal access methods. This control is particularly important protection against the insider threat. With robust centralized management, audit records for administrator account access to the organization's network devices can be more readily analyzed for trends and anomalies. The alternative method of defining administrator accounts on each device exposes the device configuration to remote access authentication attacks and system administrators with multiple authenticators for each network device.

Description

Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and nonlocal access methods. This control is particularly important protection against the insider threat. With robust centralized management, audit records for administrator account access to the organization's network devices can be more readily analyzed for trends and anomalies. The alternative method of defining administrator accounts on each device exposes the device configuration to remote access authentication attacks and system administrators with multiple authenticators for each network device.

STIG	Date
Network Device Management Security Requirements Guide	2021-03-16

Details

Check Text ( C-2258r382070_chk )
Review the network device configuration to verify that the device is configured to use an authentication server as primary source for authentication. If the network device is not configured to use an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-2259r539623_fix)
Step 1: Configure the network device to use an authentication server. Step 2: Configure the authentication order to use the authentication server as primary source for authentication. Step 3: Configure all network connections associated with a device management to use an authentication server for the purpose of login authentication.