The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions.

Account management, as a whole, ensures access to the network device is being controlled in a secure manner by granting access to only authorized personnel. Auditing account disabling actions will support account management procedures. When device management accounts are disabled, user or service accessibility may be affected. Auditing also ensures authorized active accounts remain enabled and available for use when required.

Review the switch configuration to determine if it automatically audits account disabling. The configuration should look similar to the example below:

archive log config logging enable

Note: Configuration changes can be viewed using the show archive log config all command.

If account disabling is not automatically audited, this is a finding.

Configure the switch to log account disabling using the following commands:

SW4(config)#archive SW4(config-archive)#log config SW4(config-archive-log-cfg)#logging enable SW4(config-archive-log-cfg)#logging size 1000 SW4(config-archive-log-cfg)#notify syslog contenttype plaintext SW4(config-archive-log-cfg)#hidekeys SW4(config-archive-log-cfg)#end