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Cisco ASA Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version: 2

Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 24 Jul 2024

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SV-239852r665842_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to filter outbound traffic, allowing only authorized ports and services.
SV-239853r665845_ruleThe Cisco ASA must immediately use updates made to policy enforcement mechanisms such as firewall rules, security policies, and security zones.
SV-239854r665848_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to restrict VPN traffic according to organization-defined filtering rules.
SV-239855r665851_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to generate traffic log entries containing information to establish what type of events occurred.
SV-239856r665854_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to generate traffic log entries containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.
SV-239857r665857_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to queue log records locally in the event that the central audit server is down or not reachable.
SV-239858r819136_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to use TCP when sending log records to the central audit server.
SV-239859r665863_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to disable or remove unnecessary network services and functions that are not used as part of its role in the architecture.
SV-239860r991796_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to enable threat detection to mitigate risks of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
SV-239861r665904_ruleThe Cisco ASA perimeter firewall must be configured to filter traffic destined to the enclave in accordance with the specific traffic that is approved and registered in the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) Category Assurance List (CAL) and vulnerability assessments.
SV-239862r953982_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to send log data of denied traffic to a central audit server for analysis.
SV-239863r855805_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to generate a real-time alert to organization-defined personnel and/or the firewall administrator in the event communication with the central audit server is lost.
SV-239864r891328_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to implement scanning threat detection.
SV-239865r991797_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to filter inbound traffic on all external interfaces.
SV-239866r991798_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to filter outbound traffic on all internal interfaces.
SV-239867r891331_ruleThe Cisco ASA perimeter firewall must be configured to block all outbound management traffic.
SV-239868r991800_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to forward management traffic to the Network Operations Center (NOC) via an IPsec tunnel.
SV-239869r665893_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to inspect all inbound and outbound traffic at the application layer.
SV-239870r665896_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to inspect all inbound and outbound IPv6 traffic for unknown or out-of-order extension headers.
SV-239871r665899_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to restrict it from accepting outbound packets that contain an illegitimate address in the source address field via an egress filter or by enabling Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF).
SV-239872r971533_ruleThe Cisco ASA must be configured to generate an alert that can be forwarded to organization-defined personnel and/or the firewall administrator when denial-of-service (DoS) incidents are detected.