STIGUI
V-65177CAT II — Medium severitySV-79667r1_rule

The DataPower Gateway must employ automated mechanisms to centrally manage authentication settings.

Rule version WSDP-NM-000134 · STIG v1 · 2017-10-05

Discussion

The use of authentication servers or other centralized management servers for providing centralized authentication services is required for network device management. Maintaining local administrator accounts for daily usage on each network device without centralized management is not scalable or feasible. Without centralized management, it is likely that credentials for some network devices will be forgotten, leading to delays in administration, which itself leads to delays in remediating production problems and in addressing compromises in a timely fashion.

Check

Go to Administration >> Access >> RBM Settings. Verify Authentication Method is LDAP. If it is not, this is a finding.

Fix

Go to Administration >> Access >> RBM Settings. Set Authentication Method to LDAP.

Configure LDAP connection as needed.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-65177
Group title
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000336
Rule ID
SV-79667r1_rule
Check ID
C-65805r1_chk
Fix ID
F-71117r1_fix