The Cisco switch must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for administrator access to the system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-220510	CISC-ND-001280	SV-220510r961830_rule		Medium

Description

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).

STIG	Date
Cisco NX OS Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2025-05-19

Details

Check Text (C-22225r539251_chk)

Verify that the switch is configured to generate log records showing starting and ending time for administrator access as shown in the example below:

logging level authpri 6

If the switch is not configured to generate log records showing starting and ending time for administrator access, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22214r539252_fix)

Configure the switch to log session start and ending per admin session as shown in the example below:

SW1(config)# logging level authpriv 6