The Riverbed NetProfiler must be configured to synchronize internal information system clocks using redundant authoritative time sources.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-256085 | RINP-DM-000047 | SV-256085r1015803_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| The loss of connectivity to a particular authoritative time source will result in the loss of time synchronization (free-run mode) and increasingly inaccurate time stamps on audit events and other functions. Multiple time sources provide redundancy by including a secondary source. Time synchronization is usually a hierarchy; clients synchronize time to a local source while that source synchronizes its time to a more accurate source. The network device must use an authoritative time server and/or be configured to use redundant authoritative time sources. This requirement is related to the comparison done in CCI-001891. DOD-approved solutions consist of a combination of a primary and secondary time source using a combination or multiple instances of the following: a time server designated for the appropriate DOD network (NIPRNet/SIPRNet); United States Naval Observatory (USNO) time servers; and/or the Global Positioning System (GPS). The secondary time source must be located in a different geographic region than the primary time source. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Riverbed NetProfiler Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-27 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
- DISA · V2R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
- DISA · V2R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
- DISA · V2R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
- DISA · V2R1 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-256085r1015803_chk)
Go to Administration >> General Settings.
Under "Time Configuration", verify that at least the IP address for both Server 1 and Server 2 has been configured.
If redundant time servers have not been configured, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-59702r882762_fix)
Go to Administration >> General Settings.
Under "Time Configuration", configure the IP address for at least both Server 1 and Server 2.
Select the type of encryption and configure both the key and index for each of the server entries.