Information Technology Grimoire

Version .0.0.1

IT Notes from various projects because I forget, and hopefully they help you too.

CIS Benchmark

CIS Benchmark

StatusClauseDescription
[ ]1.1General Settings
[ ]1.1.1Ensure System Logging to a Remote Host
[ ]1.1.1.1Syslog logging should be configured (Scored)
[ ]1.1.1.2SNMPv3 traps should be configured (Scored)
[ ]1.1.2Ensure ‘Login Banner’ is set (Scored)
[ ]1.1.3Ensure ‘Enable Log on High DP Load’ is enabled (Scored)
[ ]1.2Management Interface Settings
[ ]1.2.1Ensure ‘Permitted IP Addresses’ is set to those necessary for device management (Scored)
[ ]1.2.2Ensure ‘Permitted IP Addresses’ is set for all management profiles where SSH, HTTPS, or SNMP is enabled (Scored)
[ ]1.2.3Ensure HTTP and Telnet options are disabled for the management interface (Scored)
[ ]1.2.4Ensure HTTP and Telnet options are disabled for all management profiles (Scored)
[ ]1.2.5Ensure valid certificate is set for browser-based administrator interface (Not Scored)
[ ]1.3Minimum Password Requirements
[ ]1.3.1Ensure ‘Minimum Password Complexity’ is enabled (Scored)
[ ]1.3.2Ensure ‘Minimum Length’ is greater than or equal to 12 (Scored)
[ ]1.3.3Ensure ‘Minimum Uppercase Letters’ is greater than or equal to 1 (Scored)
[ ]1.3.4Ensure ‘Minimum Lowercase Letters’ is greater than or equal to 1 (Scored)
[ ]1.3.5Ensure ‘Minimum Numeric Letters’ is greater than or equal to 1 (Scored)
[ ]1.3.6Ensure ‘Minimum Special Characters’ is greater than or equal to 1 (Scored)
[ ]1.3.7Ensure ‘Required Password Change Period’ is less than or equal to 90 days (Scored)
[ ]1.3.8Ensure ‘New Password Differs By Characters’ is greater than or equal to 3 (Scored)
[ ]1.3.9Ensure ‘Prevent Password Reuse Limit’ is set to 24 or more passwords (Scored)
[ ]1.3.10Ensure ‘Password Profiles’ do not exist (Scored)
[ ]1.4Authentication Settings (for Device Mgmt)
[ ]1.4.1Ensure ‘Idle timeout’ is less than or equal to 10 minutes for device management (Scored)
[ ]1.4.2Ensure ‘Failed Attempts’ and ‘Lockout Time’ for Authentication Profile are properly configured (Scored)
[ ]1.5SNMP Polling Settings
[ ]1.5.1Ensure ‘V3’ is selected for SNMP polling (Scored)
[ ]1.6Device Services Settings
[ ]1.6.1Ensure ‘Verify Update Server Identity’ is enabled (Scored)
[ ]1.6.2Ensure redundant NTP servers are configured appropriately (Scored)
[ ]1.6.3Ensure that the Certificate Securing Remote Access VPNs is Valid (Not Scored)
[ ]2User Identification
[ ]2.1Ensure that IP addresses are mapped to usernames (Scored)
[ ]2.2Ensure that WMI probing is disabled (Scored)
[ ]2.3Ensure that User-ID is only enabled for internal trusted interfaces (Scored)
[ ]2.4Ensure that ‘Include/Exclude Networks’ is used if User-ID is enabled (Scored)
[ ]2.5Ensure that the User-ID Agent has minimal permissions if User-ID is enabled (Scored)
[ ]2.6Ensure that the User-ID service account does not have interactive logon rights (Scored)
[ ]2.7Ensure remote access capabilities for the User-ID service account are forbidden (Not Scored)
[ ]2.8Ensure that security policies restrict User-ID Agent traffic from crossing into untrusted zones (Scored)
[ ]3High Availability
[ ]3.1Ensure a fully-synchronized High Availability peer is configured (Scored)
[ ]3.2Ensure ‘High Availability’ requires Link Monitoring and/or Path Monitoring (Scored)
[ ]3.3Ensure ‘Passive Link State’ and ‘Preemptive’ are configured appropriately (Scored)
[ ]4Dynamic Updates
[ ]4.1Ensure ‘Antivirus Update Schedule’ is set to download and install updates hourly (Scored)
[ ]4.2Ensure ‘Applications and Threats Update Schedule’ is set to download and install updates at daily or shorter intervals (Scored)
[ ]5Wildfire
[ ]5.1Ensure that WildFire file size upload limits are maximized (Scored)
[ ]5.2Ensure forwarding is enabled for all applications and file types in WildFire file blocking profiles (Scored)
[ ]5.3Ensure a WildFire Analysis profile is enabled for all security policies (Scored)
[ ]5.4Ensure forwarding of decrypted content to WildFire is enabled (Scored)
[ ]5.5Ensure all WildFire session information settings are enabled (Scored)
[ ]5.6Ensure alerts are enabled for malicious files detected by WildFire (Scored)
[ ]5.7Ensure ‘WildFire Update Schedule’ is set to download and install updates every minute (Scored)
[ ]6Security Profiles
[ ]6.1Ensure that antivirus profiles are set to block on all decoders except ‘imap’ and ‘pop3’ (Scored)
[ ]6.2Ensure a secure antivirus profile is applied to all relevant security policies (Scored)
[ ]6.3Ensure an anti-spyware profile is configured to block on all spyware severity levels, categories, and threats (Scored)
[ ]6.4Ensure DNS sinkholing is configured on all anti-spyware profiles in use (Scored)
[ ]6.5Ensure passive DNS monitoring is set to enabled on all anti-spyware profiles in use (Scored)
[ ]6.6Ensure a secure anti-spyware profile is applied to all security policies permitting traffic to the Internet (Scored)
[ ]6.7Ensure a Vulnerability Protection Profile is set to block attacks against critical and high vulnerabilities, and set to default on medium, low, and informational vulnerabilities (Scored)
[ ]6.8Ensure a secure Vulnerability Protection Profile is applied to all security rules allowing traffic (Scored)
[ ]6.9Ensure that PAN-DB URL Filtering is used (Scored)
[ ]6.1Ensure that URL Filtering uses the action of “block” or “override” on the URL categories (Scored)
[ ]6.11Ensure that access to every URL is logged (Scored)
[ ]6.12Ensure all HTTP Header Logging options are enabled (Scored)
[ ]6.13Ensure secure URL filtering is enabled for all security policies allowing traffic to the Internet (Scored)
[ ]6.14Ensure alerting after a threshold of credit card or Social Security numbers is detected is enabled (Scored)
[ ]6.15Ensure a secure Data Filtering profile is applied to all security policies allowing traffic to or from the Internet (Scored)
[ ]6.16Ensure that a Zone Protection Profile with an enabled SYN Flood Action of SYN Cookies is attached to all untrusted zones (Scored)
[ ]6.17Ensure that a Zone Protection Profile with tuned Flood Protection settings enabled for all flood types is attached to all untrusted zones (Scored)
[ ]6.18Ensure that all zones have Zone Protection Profiles with all Reconnaissance Protection settings enabled, tuned, and set to appropriate actions (Scored)
[ ]6.19Ensure all zones have Zone Protection Profiles that drop specially crafted packets (Scored)
[ ]6.2Ensure that User Credential Submission uses the action of “block” or “continue” on the URL categories (Scored)
[ ]7Security Policies
[ ]7.1Ensure application security policies exist when allowing traffic from an untrusted zone to a more trusted zone (Scored)
[ ]7.2Ensure ‘Service setting of ANY’ in a security policy allowing traffic does not exist (Scored)
[ ]7.3Ensure ‘Security Policy’ denying any/all traffic to/from IP addresses on Trusted Threat Intelligence Sources Exists (Scored)
[ ]8Decryption
[ ]8.1Ensure ‘SSL Forward Proxy Policy’ for traffic destined to the Internet is configured (Scored)
[ ]8.2Ensure ‘SSL Inbound Inspection’ is required for all untrusted traffic destined for servers using SSL or TLS (Scored)
[ ]8.3Ensure that the Certificate used for Decryption is Trusted (Not Scored)