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The FortiGate device must use LDAP for authentication.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-234192FGFW-ND-000165SV-234192r1137887_ruleCCI-000366medium
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.
STIGDate
Fortinet FortiGate Firewall NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-11-19

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (8) 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-01Configuration Management Program
1.00
END-01Endpoint Device Management (EDM)
1.00
END-04Malicious Code Protection (Anti-Malware)
1.00
END-06Endpoint File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
1.00
MON-01Continuous Monitoring
1.00
MON-01.7File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
1.00
CFG-02Secure Baseline Configurations
0.50
CFG-02.7Approved Configuration Deviations
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (100) 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-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-16(1)Dynamic Attribute Association
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-2Account Management
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-24(1)Transmit Access Authorization Information
1.00
AC-25Reference Monitor
1.00

+90 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) 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.

3.4.1
1.00
3.4.2
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (5) 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.

DE.CM-09
1.00
PR.PS-01
1.00
PR.DS-10
0.50
PR.PSPlatform Security
0.50
PR.PS-05
0.50

Who does this work

10 NICE work roles and 9 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-234192r1137887_chk)

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege. 1. Click System. 2. Click Administrators. 3. Verify all users except admin are assigned to a remote LDAP user group. If all administrators except admin are not configured to use remote LDAP authentication, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-37342r611764_fix)

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege. Configure the LDAP server connection. 1. Go to User and Device. 2. Go to LDAP Servers and select +Create New. 3. Enter the server Name, Server IP address, or Name. 4. Enter the Common Name Identifier and Distinguished Name. 5. Set the Bind Type to Regular and enter the LDAP bind Username and Password. 6. Ensure the Secure Connection button is toggled to enable. 7. In Protocol, select LDAPS. Select certificate. 8. Click OK. Add the LDAP server to a user group. 1. Go to User and Device. 2. Under User Groups, select +Create New. 3. Enter a Name for the group. 4. In the Remote groups section, select +Add. 5. Select the Remote Server from the dropdown list. 6. Click OK. Then, configure the administrator account. 1. Click System. 2. Click Administrators. 3. Click +Create New and choose Administrator. 4. Specify the Username. 5. Set Type to Match a user on a remote server group. 6. In Remote User Group, select the user group that was created. or 1. Open a CLI console, via SSH or available from the GUI. 2. Configure the LDAP server in the CLI: # config user ldap # edit {ldap_server_name} # set server {server_ip} # set cnid {cn} # set dn {dc=XYZ,dc=fortinet,dc=COM} # set type regular # set username {cn=Administrator,dc=XYA, dc=COM} # set password {bind password} # set secure ldaps # set ca-cert {CA certificate name} # next # end 3. Create a user group in the CLI: # config user group # edit {Group_name} # set member {ldap_server_name} # next # end 4. Create an administrator in the CLI: # config system admin # edit {admin_name} # set remote-auth enable # set accprofile {profile name} # set remote-group ldap # end