SV-215850r1186336: The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities. | Cisco IOS XE Router NDM STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The Cisco router must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.

Description

Discussion Text

Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the network device (e.g., module or policy filter).

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000172SV-105477V-96339

References

DPMS Target Cisco IOS XE Router NDM DISA DPMS Target Cisco IOS XE Router NDM 4020

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

Review the Cisco router configuration to verify that it is compliant with this requirement as shown in the example configurations below.

archive
 log config
 logging enable

If the Cisco router is not configured to generate log records for privileged activities, this is a finding.

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

Assessment Script Powered by AISandbox-executed

A standalone Shell script to assess this control automatically. Review before running it in your environment.

Syntax-checked and actually executed in an isolated sandbox (not the real system this checks) — confirmed to run without errors.

#!/bin/sh
# DISA STIG / SCAP compliance check for Cisco router privileged activity logging: oval:mil.disa.stig.cisco.iosxe:def:138
config_file=$(stat -c %n /etc/cisco_config)
if [ ! -f "$config_file" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
grep -q "^archive\n log config\n.*logging enable" /etc/cisco_config && echo "PASS" || echo "FAIL"
exit 0

Remediation

Configure the Cisco router to generate log records for privileged activities as shown in the example below.

R4(config)#archive
R4(config-archive)#log config
R4(config-archive-log-cfg)#logging enable
R4(config-archive-log-cfg)#logging size 1000
R4(config-archive-log-cfg)#notify syslog contenttype plaintext
R4(config-archive-log-cfg)#hidekeys
R4(config-archive-log-cfg)#end