Ensure Host Name is set

Details

Changes the device default hostname.

Rationale:

The device hostname plays an important role in asset inventory and identification as a security requirement, but also in the public keys and certificate deployments as well as when correlating logs from different systems during an incident handling.

Solution

Run the following command to set Host Name.
CLI:

Hostname> set hostname

GUI:

Navigate to Network Management > Hosts and DNS > System Name > Host Name

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system CheckPoint.

References

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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