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The Cisco ASA must be configured to use at least two authentication servers to authenticate users prior to granting administrative access.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-239940CASA-ND-001310SV-239940r1137887_ruleCCI-000370high
Description
Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and non-local 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.
STIGDate
Cisco ASA NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-05-01

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CFG-02.2Automated Central Management & Verification
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (28) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(7)Role-based Access Control
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
AU-9Protection of Audit Information
1.00

+18 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-000370
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-239940r1137887_chk)

Review the Cisco ASA configuration to verify the device is configured to use at least two authentication servers as primary source for authentication. Step 1: Verify that an AAA group is configured for login authentication for both in-band and console access methods. aaa authentication serial console RADIUS_GROUP LOCAL aaa authentication ssh console RADIUS_GROUP LOCAL Step 2: Verify that an AAA group and server has been defined for the group referenced in the above example. aaa-server RADIUS_GROUP protocol radius aaa-server RADIUS_GROUP (NDM_INTERFACE) host 10.1.48.10 key ***** aaa-server RADIUS_GROUP (NDM_INTERFACE) host 10.1.48.11 key ***** If the Cisco ASA is not configured to use at least two authentication servers for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43132r916029_fix)

Configure the Cisco ASA to use at least two authentication servers as shown in the following example. Step 1: Define the authentication group and protocol. ASA(config)# aaa-server RADIUS_GROUP protocol radius Step 2: Define the authentication servers. ASA(config)# aaa-server RADIUS_GROUP (NDM_INTERFACE) host 10.1.48.10 ASA(config-aaa-server-host)# key bobby ASA(config-aaa-server-host)# exit ASA(config)# aaa-server RADIUS_GROUP (NDM_INTERFACE) host 10.1.48.11 ASA(config-aaa-server-host)# key bobby2 ASA(config-aaa-server-host)# exit Step 3: Use the AAA server for login authentication for both in-band and console access methods. ASA(config)# aaa authentication serial console RADIUS_GROUP LOCAL ASA(config)# aaa authentication ssh console RADIUS_GROUP LOCAL ASA(config)# end