The DataPower Gateway must employ automated mechanisms to centrally manage authentication settings.
Overview
Finding ID
Version
Rule ID
IA Controls
Severity
V-65177
WSDP-NM-000134
SV-79667r1_rule
Medium
Description
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.