| V-253878 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to 10 or an organization-defined value. | Device management includes the ability to control the number of administrators and management sessions that manage a device. Limiting the number of al... |
| V-253879 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to automatically audit account creation. | Upon gaining access to a network device, an attacker will often first attempt to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accom... |
| V-253884 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the network device based on information flow control policies. | A mechanism to detect and prevent unauthorized communication flow must be configured or provided as part of the system design. If management informati... |
| V-253885 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts for any given user, after which time it must block any login attempt for that user for 15 minutes. | By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, ... |
| V-253886 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DOD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device. | Display of the DOD-approved use notification before granting access to the network device ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is c... |
| V-253889 | | The Juniper device must be configured to produce audit log records containing sufficient information to establish what type of event occurred. | It is essential for security personnel to know what is being done, what was attempted, where it was done, when it was done, and by whom it was done to... |
| V-253890 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred. | It is essential for security personnel to know what is being done, what was attempted, where it was done, when it was done, and by whom it was done in... |
| V-253891 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred. | To compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as de... |
| V-253892 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to produce audit log records containing information to establish the source of events. | To compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know the source of the event. The sour... |
| V-253893 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to produce audit records that contain information to establish the outcome of the event. | Without information about the outcome of events, security personnel cannot make an accurate assessment as to whether an attack was successful or if ch... |
| V-253894 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to generate audit records containing information that establishes the identity of any individual or process associated with the event. | Without information that establishes the identity of the subjects (i.e., administrators or processes acting on behalf of administrators) associated wi... |
| V-253896 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification. | Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, and audit reports) needed to successfully audit network device activi... |
| V-253897 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion. | Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, and audit reports) needed to successfully audit information system ac... |
| V-253898 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to protect audit tools from unauthorized access. | Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is ne... |
| V-253899 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries. | Changes to any software components of the network device can have significant effects on the overall security of the network. Therefore, only qualifie... |
| V-253901 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured with only one local account to be used as the account of last resort in the event the authentication server is unavailable. | Authentication for administrative (privileged level) access to the device is required at all times. An account is created on the device's local databa... |
| V-253903 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts. | A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the application. Authentication sessions between the authenticator and the applicati... |
| V-253904 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length. | Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password ... |
| V-253905 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used. | Use of a complex passwords helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measur... |
| V-253906 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used. | Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure... |
| V-253907 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used. | Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure... |
| V-253908 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one punctuation (special) character be used. | Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure... |
| V-253909 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to require that when a password is changed, the characters are changed in at least eight of the positions within the password. | If the application allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chances of password compromise by increa... |
| V-253916 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce organization-defined role-based access control policies over defined subjects and objects. | Organizations can create specific roles based on job functions and the authorizations (i.e., privileges) to perform needed operations on organizationa... |
| V-253918 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements. | To ensure network devices have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, they need to be able to allocate audit record storage c... |
| V-253919 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to generate an immediate real-time alert of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts. | It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without a real-time aler... |
| V-253920 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to synchronize internal information system clocks using redundant authoritative time sources. | The loss of connectivity to a particular authoritative time source will result in the loss of time synchronization (free-run mode) and increasingly in... |
| V-253921 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). | If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis.
Time stamps generate... |
| V-253922 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to prohibit installation of software without explicit privileged status. | Allowing anyone to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malicious software will be installed o... |
| V-253923 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration. | Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to device configuration may have significant effects on the overall security of... |
| V-253927 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period. | Some authentication implementations can be configured to use cached authenticators.
If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity... |
| V-253930 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards. | DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot accomplish its mission or m... |
| V-253933 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur. | Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlat... |
| V-253934 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access. | Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlat... |
| V-253935 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to generate audit records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system. | Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlat... |
| V-253936 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to generate audit records when concurrent logons from different workstations occur. | Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlat... |
| V-253937 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to offload audit records onto a different system or media than the system being audited. | Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.
Offloading is a common process in information sy... |
| V-253939 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to generate log records for a locally developed list of auditable events. | Auditing and logging are key components of any security architecture. Logging the actions of specific events provides a means to investigate an attack... |
| V-253940 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce access restrictions associated with changes to the system components. | Changes to the hardware or software components of the network device can have significant effects on the overall security of the network. Therefore, o... |
| V-253942 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to conduct backups of system level information contained in the information system when changes occur. | System-level information includes default and customized settings and security attributes, including firewall filters that relate to the network devic... |
| V-253943 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider. | For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB policy. For federal agenci... |
| V-253946 | | The Juniper EX switch must change credentials for account of last resort when administrators who know the credential leave the organization. | A shared/group account credential is a shared form of authentication that allows multiple individuals to access the network device using a single acco... |
| V-253926 | | The Juniper EX switch must use an an NTP service that is hosted by a trusted source or a DOD-compliant enterprise or local NTP server. | If a trusted time source is not used, an attacker can introduce a rogue NTP server. This rogue server can then be used to send incorrect time informat... |
| V-253883 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to assign appropriate user roles or access levels to authenticated users. | Successful identification and authentication must not automatically give an entity full access to a network device or security domain. The lack of aut... |
| V-253900 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and/or nonsecure functions, ports, protocols, and/or services. | To prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within d... |
| V-253910 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to only store cryptographic representations of passwords. | Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can ... |
| V-253911 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to use FIPS 140-2/140-3 validated algorithms for authentication to a cryptographic module. | Unapproved mechanisms used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not validated and therefore, cannot be relied upon to provide confidenti... |
| V-253913 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to end all network connections associated with a device management session at the end of the session, or the session must be terminated after five minutes of inactivity except to fulfill mission requirements. | Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a management se... |
| V-253914 | | The Juniper device must be configured to only allow authorized administrators to view or change the device configuration, system files, and other files stored either in the device or on removable media (such as a flash drive). | This requirement is intended to address the confidentiality and integrity of system information at rest (e.g., network device rule sets) when it is lo... |
| V-253925 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC). | Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Bidirectional authenticati... |
| V-253928 | | The Juniper EX switches must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic communications. | Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide con... |
| V-253929 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions. | This requires the use of secure protocols instead of their unsecured counterparts, such as SSH instead of telnet, SCP instead of FTP, and HTTPS instea... |
| V-253941 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to use an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access. | Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and nonlocal access methods. This control is particularly important... |
| V-253944 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured to send log data to at least two central log servers for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the information system security officer (ISSO). | The aggregation of log data kept on a syslog server can be used to detect attacks and trigger an alert to the appropriate security personnel. Informat... |
| V-253945 | | The Juniper EX switch must be configured with an operating system release that is currently supported by the vendor. | Network devices running an unsupported operating system lack current security fixes required to mitigate the risks associated with recent vulnerabilit... |
| V-253947 | | The Juniper EX switch must prevent nonprivileged users from executing privileged functions to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures. | Preventing nonprivileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or processes may gain unnecessary ... |
