Cisco IOS Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version: 3

Updated: 22 Jan 2026

Findings: 43

Findings

V-220570 - The Cisco switch must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number. (medium)
V-220571 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account creation. (medium)
V-220572 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account modification. (medium)
V-220573 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account disabling actions. (medium)
V-220574 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account removal actions. (medium)
V-220575 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of management information within the device based on control policies. (medium)
V-220576 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must lock out the user account from accessing the device for 15 minutes. (medium)
V-220577 - The Cisco switch must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the device. (medium)
V-220578 - The Cisco device must be configured to audit all administrator activity. (medium)
V-220580 - The Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred. (medium)
V-220581 - The Cisco switch must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred. (medium)
V-220582 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands. (medium)
V-220583 - The Cisco switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized modification. (medium)
V-220584 - The Cisco switch must be configured to protect audit information from unauthorized deletion. (medium)
V-220585 - The Cisco switch must be configured to limit privileges to change the software resident within software libraries. (medium)
V-220586 - The Cisco switch must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and non-secure functions and services. (high)
V-220587 - The Cisco switch must be configured with only one local account to be used as the account of last resort in the event the authentication server is unavailable. (medium)
V-220589 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length. (medium)
V-220590 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used. (medium)
V-220591 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used. (medium)
V-220592 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used. (medium)
V-220593 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used. (medium)
V-220594 - The Cisco switch must be configured to require that when a password is changed, the characters are changed in at least eight of the positions within the password. (medium)
V-220595 - The Cisco switch must only store cryptographic representations of passwords. (high)
V-220596 - The Cisco switch must be configured to terminate all network connections associated with device management after five minutes of inactivity. (high)
V-220597 - The Cisco switch must be configured to automatically audit account enabling actions. (medium)
V-220599 - The Cisco switch must be configured to allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements. (medium)
V-220600 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events. (medium)
V-220601 - The Cisco switch must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources. (medium)
V-220604 - The Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC). (medium)
V-220605 - The Cisco switch must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm. (medium)
V-220606 - The Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate Network Time Protocol (NTP) sources using authentication with FIPS-compliant algorithms. (medium)
V-220607 - The Cisco switch must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions. (high)
V-220608 - The Cisco switch must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions. (high)
V-220609 - The Cisco switch must be configured to protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards. (medium)
V-220611 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted. (medium)
V-220612 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur. (medium)
V-220613 - The Cisco switch must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities. (medium)
V-220617 - The Cisco switch must be configured to use at least two authentication servers to authenticate users prior to granting administrative access. (high)
V-220618 - The Cisco switch must be configured to support organizational requirements to conduct backups of the configuration when changes occur. (medium)
V-220619 - The Cisco switch must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider. (medium)
V-220620 - The Cisco switch must be configured to send log data to at least two central log servers for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the information system security officer (ISSO). (high)
V-220621 - The Cisco switch must be running an IOS release that is currently supported by Cisco Systems. (high)