The Cisco device must be configured to audit all administrator activity.

This requirement supports non-repudiation of actions taken by an administrator and is required in order to maintain the integrity of the configuration management process. All configuration changes to the network device are logged, and administrators authenticate with two-factor authentication before gaining administrative access. Together, these processes will ensure the administrators can be held accountable for the configuration changes they implement.

To meet this requirement, the network device must log administrator access and activity.

Review the Cisco switch configuration to verify that it is compliant with this requirement as shown in the example below:

hostname R1 ! logging userinfo ! … … … archive log config logging enable !

Note: The logging userinfo global configuration command will generate a log when a user increases his or her privilege level.

If logging of administrator activity is not configured, this is a finding.

Configure the switch to log administrator activity as shown in the example below:

SW1(config)#logging userinfo SW1(config)#archive SW1(config-archive)#log config SW1(config-archive-log-cfg)#logging enable SW1(config-archive-log-cfg)#logging size 1000 SW1(config-archive-log-cfg)#notify syslog contenttype plaintext SW1(config-archive-log-cfg)#hidekeys SW1(config-archive-log-cfg)#end