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

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).

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

Configure the Cisco switch to generate log records for privileged activities as shown in the example below:

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