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CIS CISCO Firewall Benchmark 4.1.0 Checklist Details (Checklist Revisions)

Supporting Resources:

Target:

Target CPE Name
Cisco ASA 8 cpe:/h:cisco:asa:8 (View CVEs)
Cisco ASA 9 cpe:/h:cisco:asa:9 (View CVEs)

Checklist Highlights

Checklist Name:
CIS CISCO Firewall Benchmark
Checklist ID:
393
Version:
4.1.0
Type:
Compliance
Review Status:
Final
Authority:
Third Party: Center for Internet Security (CIS)
Original Publication Date:
06/29/2016

Checklist Summary:

This document, Security Configuration Benchmark for Cisco Firewall Appliances, provides prescriptive guidance for establishing a secure configuration posture for Cisco Firewall Appliances versions 8.0 &, 9.5.

Checklist Role:

  • Firewall

Known Issues:

Not Provided

Target Audience:

This benchmark is intended for system and application administrators, security specialists, auditors, help desk, and platform deployment personnel who plan to develop, deploy, assess, or secure solutions that incorporate a Cisco Firewall Appliance.

Target Operational Environment:

  • Managed

Testing Information:

This guide was tested against Cisco ASA 8.0(5) and 9.5(2).

Regulatory Compliance:

Not Provided

Comments/Warnings/Miscellaneous:

Not Provided

Disclaimer:

https://benchmarks.cisecurity.org/downloads/terms-of-use/

Product Support:

feedback@cisecurity.org

Point of Contact:

feedback@cisecurity.org

Sponsor:

Not Provided

Licensing:

https://benchmarks.cisecurity.org/downloads/terms-of-use/

Change History: 

Changing status to UNDER REVIEW - 4/12/18
Update to FINAL - 5/15/18
updated reference link per CIS instruction - 8/7/18
promoted to final - 08/10/2016

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NIST checklist record last modified on 08/11/2016