Details
When application accounts are removed, administrator accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual device administrators or for identifying the device processes themselves.
In order to detect and respond to events that affect administrator accessibility and device processing, devices must audit account removal actions and, as required, notify the appropriate individuals so they can investigate the event. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that device accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and also provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes.
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Solution
Configure the BIG-IP appliance to use a properly configured authentication server to send a notification message to the administrators and ISSO when accounts are removed.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control, Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system F5.
References
- 800-53|AC-2(4)
- 800-53|CM-6b.
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-000366
- CCI|CCI-001686
- Rule-ID|SV-228998r557520_rule
- STIG-ID|F5BI-DM-000161
- STIG-Legacy|SV-74613
- STIG-Legacy|V-60183
- Vuln-ID|V-228998