Agents can be persistent (like the Cisco NAC Agent or Mac OS X Agent) and remain on the client machine after installation, even when the client is not logged into the network, or Agents can be temporal (like the Cisco NAC Web Agent), removing themselves from the client machine after the login session has terminated. Download and install the Cisco Network Access Control (NAC) software. The NAC software will launch and a blue login box will appear. Login with your LC username and password. If you are using a PC, the NAC agent will check your computer to verify that you have adequate, up-to-date antivirus software, and the most recent Windows.
Findings (MAC III - Administrative Sensitive)
| Finding ID | Severity | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-242605 | High | The Cisco ISE must enforce posture status assessment for posture retired clients defined in the NAC System Security Plan (SSP). | Posture assessments can reduce the risk that clients impose on networks by restricting or preventing access of noncompliant clients. If the posture assessment is not enforced, then access of... |
| V-242606 | High | The Cisco ISE must have a posture policy for posture required clients defined in the NAC System Security Plan (SSP). | Posture assessments can reduce the risk that clients impose on networks. The posture policy is the function that can link requirements to applicable clients. Multiple requirements can be... |
| V-242580 | High | The Cisco ISE must verify host-based IDS/IPS software is authorized and running on posture required clients defined in the NAC System Security Plan (SSP) prior to granting trusted network access. | Automated policy assessments must reflect the organization's current security policy so entry control decisions will happen only where remote endpoints meet the organization's security... |
| V-242579 | High | The Cisco ISE must verify anti-malware software is installed and up to date on posture required clients defined in the NAC System Security Plan (SSP) prior to granting trusted network access. | New viruses and malware are consistently being discovered. If the host-based security software is not current then it will not be able to defend against exploits that have been previously discovered. |
| V-242578 | High | The Cisco ISE must verify host-based firewall software is running on posture required clients defined in the NAC System Security Plan (SSP) prior to granting trusted network access. | Automated policy assessments must reflect the organization's current security policy so entry control decisions will happen only where remote endpoints meet the organization's security... |
| V-242577 | High | The Cisco ISE must be configured to profile endpoints connecting to the network. | It is possible for endpoints to be manually added to an incorrect endpoint identity group. The endpoint policy can be dynamically set through profiling. If the endpoint group is statically set but... |
| V-242576 | High | The Cisco ISE must enforce approved access by employing authorization policies with specific attributes; such as resource groups, device type, certificate attributes, or any other attributes that are specific to a group of endpoints, and/or mission conditions as defined in the site's Cisco ISE System Security Plan (SSP). | Successful authentication must not automatically give an entity access to an asset or security boundary. The lack of authorization-based access control could result in the unauthorized network... |
| V-242575 | High | The Cisco ISE must use TLS 1.2, at a minimum, to protect the confidentiality of information passed between the endpoint agent and the Cisco ISE for the purposes of client posture assessment. | The agent may pass information about the endpoint to the Cisco ISE, which may be sensitive. Using older unauthorized versions or incorrectly configuring protocol negotiation makes the gateway... |
| V-242591 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must send an alert to the system administrator, at a minimum, when endpoints fail the policy assessment checks for organization-defined infractions. | Failing the Cisco ISE assessment, means that an unauthorized machine has attempted to access the secure network. Without generating log records that are specific to the security and mission needs... |
| V-242590 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must generate a log record when the client machine fails posture assessment because required security software is missing or has been deleted. | Failing the Cisco ISE assessment means an unauthorized machine has attempted to access the secure network. Without generating log records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the... |
| V-242593 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must off-load log records onto a different system. | Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage... |
| V-242592 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must be configured to log records onto a centralized events server. | Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the log records, identification, troubleshooting, and correlation of suspicious behavior would be difficult and could lead to a... |
| V-242595 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must provide an alert to, at a minimum, the SA and ISSO of all audit failure events where the detection and/or prevention function is unable to write events to either local storage or the centralized server. | Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability and system operation may be adversely affected.Alerts provide organizations with urgent... |
| V-242594 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must generate a critical alert to be sent to the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure. | It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending... |
| V-242597 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must generate a critical alert to be sent to the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) if it is unable to communicate with the central event log. | It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an... |
| V-242596 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must be configured with a secondary log server in case the primary log is unreachable. | It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an... |
| V-242599 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must perform continuous detection and tracking of endpoint devices attached to the network. | Continuous scanning capabilities on the Cisco ISE provide visibility of devices that are connected to the switch ports. The Cisco ISE continuously scans networks and monitors the activity of... |
| V-242598 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must continue to queue traffic log records locally when communication with the central log server is lost and there is an audit archival failure. | It is critical that when the network element is at risk of failing to process traffic logs as required, it takes action to mitigate the failure. Audit processing failures include software/hardware... |
| V-242604 | Medium | Before establishing a local, remote, and/or network connection with any endpoint device, the Cisco ISE must use a bidirectional authentication mechanism configured with a FIPS-validated Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher block algorithm to authenticate with the endpoint device. | Bidirectional authentication provides stronger safeguards to validate the identity of other devices for connections that are of greater risk. Currently, DoD requires the use of AES for... |
| V-242601 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must authenticate all endpoint devices before establishing a connection and proceeding with posture assessment. | Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. However, failure to authenticate an endpoint does not need to result in... |
| V-242600 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must deny network connection for endpoints that cannot be authenticated using an approved method. | Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Identification failure does not need to result in connection termination or... |
| V-242603 | Medium | Before establishing a connection with a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server, the Cisco ISE must authenticate using a bidirectional, cryptographically based authentication method that uses a FIPS-validated Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher block algorithm to authenticate with the NTP server. | If the NTP server is not authenticated, an attacker can introduce a rogue NTP server. This rogue server can then be used to send incorrect time information to network devices, which will make log... |
| V-242602 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must be configured to dynamically apply restricted access of endpoints that are granted access using MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB). | MAB can be defeated by spoofing the MAC address of a valid device. MAB enables port-based access control using the MAC address of the endpoint. A MAB-enabled port can be dynamically enabled or... |
| V-242588 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must deny or restrict access for endpoints that fail required posture checks. | Devices, which do not meet minimum-security configuration requirements, pose a risk to the DoD network and information assets.Endpoint devices must be disconnected or given limited access as... |
| V-242589 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must generate a log record when an endpoint fails authentication. | Failing the Cisco ISE assessment means that an unauthorized machine has attempted to access the secure network. Without generating log records that are specific to the security and mission needs... |
| V-242586 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must place client machines on the blacklist and terminate the agent connection when critical security issues are found that put the network at risk.Note: The Agent has a TCP connect to ISE when it checks in. This TCP session does not give access to the network. Blacklisting the item should remove the access. When to blacklist an item could be another line item.The Cisco ISE must terminate access to blacklisted endpoints that have been found to have critical security issues. | Since the Cisco ISE devices and servers should have no legitimate reason for communicating with other devices outside of the assessment solution, any direct communication with unrelated hosts... |
| V-242587 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must be configured so client machines do not communicate with other network devices in the DMZ or subnet except as needed to perform an access client assessment or to identify themselves. | Devices not compliant with DoD secure configuration policies are vulnerable to attack. Allowing these systems to connect presents a danger to the enclave.This requirement gives the option to... |
| V-242584 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must send an alert to the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) and System Administrator (SA), at a minimum, when security issues are found that put the network at risk. | Trusted computing should require authentication and authorization of both the user's identity and the identity of the computing device. An authorized user may be accessing the network remotely... |
| V-242585 | Medium | When endpoints fail the policy assessment, the Cisco ISE must create a record with sufficient detail suitable for forwarding to a remediation server for automated remediation or sending to the user for manual remediation. | Failing the NAC assessment means that an unauthorized machine has attempted to access the secure network. Without generating log records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the... |
| V-242583 | Medium | The Cisco ISE must be configured so that all endpoints that are allowed to bypass policy assessment are approved by the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) and documented in the System Security Plan (SSP). | Connections that bypass established security controls should be only in cases of administrative need. These procedures and use cases must be approved by the Information System Security Manager (ISSM). |
| V-242581 | Medium | For endpoints that require automated remediation, the Cisco ISE must be configured to redirect endpoints to a logically separate VLAN for remediation services. | Automated and manual procedures for remediation for critical security updates will be managed differently. Continuing to assess and remediate endpoints with risks that could endanger the network... |
| V-242582 | Low | The Cisco ISE must be configured to notify the user before proceeding with remediation of the user's endpoint device when automated remediation is used. | Notification will let the user know that installation is in progress and may take a while. This notice may deter the user from disconnecting and retrying the connection before the remediation is... |
Fortres 101 has successfully secured computers for years and is voted the best desktop security software for Windows.Prevents Unwanted DownloadsFortres 101 is an innovative securityagent that resides invisibly between the computer and the user.
- F101v60b2019.exe
- Fortres Grand Corp.
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- 8.1 Mb
- Win 2000, ME, XP
FortiClient provides unified securityagent features for personal computers including Personal Firewall, IPSec VPN, antispyware, antivirus, antispam and web content filtering.FortiClient's protection agent is powered by FortiGuard security. ...
- FortiClientSetup_4.2.3.0271.exe
- Fortinet Technologies Inc
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- WindowsAll
WiSecure is securityagent for wireless computers. It protects against common wireless threats such as WiPhishing, EvilTwin attacks, blocks ad hoc networking, minimum encryption level, etc. Its simple, transparent and comes with a easy to use UI.
- WiSecure
- WiSecure
- Freeware (Free)
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Vendor Pack is additional pack for Syslog Watcher. It is a knowledge base consisting of thousands messages that can be generated by network devices from major vendors. Almost every known message has a detailed explanation of its meaning and recommendations for response actions to the message.
- SWVendorPack.exe
- SnmpSoft Company
- Shareware ($)
- 1.63 Mb
- WinXP, Win2003, Win2000, Win Vista, Window2008
Cisco VPN and Security Exam Simulator with Explainations and Exhibits We are all well aware that a major problem in the IT industry is that there is a lack of quality Cisco VPN and Security Test Prep study materials. Our Certification Cisco VPN and Security Exam Preparation Materials provide you everything you will need to take a certification examination.
- Cisco-VPN-and-Security-DEMO.zip
- Testking.com
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- Win98,WinME,WinNT 4.x,Windows2000,WinXP,Windows2003
CorreLog Windows Agent Package is an application that will help support the IT security community.The application will add true syslog capability to any Windows platform. The software contains the Syslog Message Service, support utilities, and. ...
- wt-4-1-1.exe
- CorreLog
- Freeware (Free)
- Windows XP, 2003, Vista, Vista64, 7, 7x64
With one nice poster, all the network and computer security vulnerabilities and threats, as well as the latest information security technologies, protocols and solutions are displayed.
- SecurityMap.zip
- Javvin Company
- Data only ($19.97)
- 40 Kb
- Not Applicable
Test-Kings.com Offers Unlimited Download Membership of Over 1200 Certification Test Downloads with Free Study Guides and Free Audio Exams.640-553 Cisco exam training is part of this membership.
- 640-553.zip
- Test-Kings.com
- Demo ($)
- 815 Kb
- Win98, Windows2000, WinXP, Windows2003, Windows Vista, Linux, Pocket PC
Network and Security Icons collection for XP or Vista aims in providing quality icons to any internet security, network security or desktop securitysoftware programs and websites.
- network-security-icons.zip
- ArtistsValley,Inc.
- Demo ($149.00)
- 15.91 Mb
- Win98, WinME, WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, WinXP, Windows2003, Windows Vista
The most significant new feature of Swift Virus Worm Trojans Agent is the 9 Real-Time Protections, This feature tracks execution of every program in the system,These shields work much like security checkpoints in your computer, monitoring system,. ...
- spyware-41.exe
- Virus Worm Trojans Agent
- Shareware ($29.95)
- 5.5 Mb
- Windows All
Test-Kings.com is your premier source of 640-553 IINS Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security test training. With our 640-553 IINS Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security practice tests, no other vendor will be able to compare to quality 640-553. ...
- 640-553.zip
- Test-Kings.com
- Demo ($89.00)
- 331 Kb
- Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, 98, Linux
This update resolves the 'Network DDE Agent Request' security vulnerability in Windows 2000, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-007. Download now to increase security and prevent a malicious user from running code to take control of. ...
- Q285851_W2K_SP3_x86_en.EXE
- 5am Code
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- Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
Follow the guided installation instructions to install Cisco NAC Agent to your computer. Select “Next” to begin. Continue by accepting the installation terms and clicking “Next”. Finally click “Install” to start the installation pictured below. After Cisco NAC Agent is installed, please restart your computer.
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