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Configure Cisco ASA Devices

Netwrix Auditor relies on native logs for collecting audit data. Therefore, successful change and access auditing requires a certain configuration of native audit settings in the audited environment and on the Auditor console computer. Configuring your IT infrastructure may also include enabling certain built-in Windows services, etc. Proper audit configuration is required to ensure audit data integrity, otherwise your change reports may contain warnings, errors or incomplete audit data.

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You can configure your IT Infrastructure for monitoring in one of the following ways:

  • Automatically through a monitoring plan – This is a recommended method. If you select to automatically configure audit in the target environment, your current audit settings will be checked on each data collection and adjusted if necessary.

  • Manually – Native audit settings must be adjusted manually to ensure collecting comprehensive and reliable audit data. You can enable Auditor to continually enforce the relevant audit policies or configure them manually:

    • On the Cisco ASA Device:

      • The global configuration mode is selected.

      • The logging enable option is selected on the Cisco ASA device.

      • The logging host parameter is set to the host address of the audited CiscoASA device. And UDP port (for, example 514) is used for sending messages.

        NOTE: Do not select the EMBLEM format logging for the syslog server option.

      • The logging timestamp option enabled.

      • The logging trap option is selected from 1 to 6 inclusive.

To configure your Cisco ASA devices, do the following:

  1. Navigate to your Cisco ASA device terminal through the SSH/Telnet connection (for example, use PuTTY Telnet client).

  2. Access the global configuration mode. For example:

    hostname# configure terminal

    hostname(config)#

  3. Enable logging. For example:

    hostname(config)# logging enable

  4. Set the IP address of the computer that hosts Netwrix Auditor Server as the logging host parameter. And make sure that the UDP port is used for sending syslog messages (e.g., 514 UDP port). For example:

    hostname(config)# logging host <Netwrix Auditor server IP address>

    Do not select the EMBLEM format logging for the syslog server option.

  5. Enable the logging timestamp option. For example:

    hostname(config)# logging timestamp

  6. Set the logging trap option from 1 to 6 inclusive. For example:

    hostname(config)# logging trap 5

  7. Configure the devices to show username for failed logons:

    hostname(config)# no logging hide username

Cisco ASA Devices​

Review a full list of object types Netwrix Auditor can collect on Cisco ASA network devices.

Object typeActionsEvent ID
Cisco ASA devices
Authentication- Successful logon- 716038 - 611101 - 113012
- Failed logon- 716039 - 611102 - 113021 - 113020 - 113015 - 109031 - 109025 - 109024 - 109022 - 109017 - 109010 - 109008 - 109006 - 107001 - 107002
Configuration- Modified / Modify (Failed attempt)- 111004 - 111010 - 612001 - 612002 - 612003
- Read / Read (Failed attempt)- 111007
- Removed / Remove (Failed attempt)- 111003 - 112001 - 208005
CPU- Modified / Modify (Failed attempt)- 211003
Device state- Modified / Modify (Failed attempt)- 199009
Environment (IPMI)- Modified / Modify (Failed attempt)- 735002 - 735004 - 735006 - 735007 - 735008 - 735012 - 735014 - 735016 - 735018 - 735019 - 735022 - 735023 - 735025 - 735027 - 735028 - 735029
GroupPolicy- Add / Added (Failed attempt)- 502111
- Removed / Remove (Failed attempt)- 502112
Logon- Successful logon- 605005
- Failed logon- 308001 - 605004
RAM- Modified / Modify (Failed attempt)- 211004
Session- Successful Logon- 716001 - 713228 - 722033 - 722022 - 725001 - 725002 - 725003 - 606001
- Logoff- 725007 - 722023 - 722030 - 722031 - 716002 - 713259 - 606002 - 302014 - 302304 - 302016
- Failed Logon- 722056 - 725006 - 725014
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Rule- Activated- 733101
URL- Read / Read (Failed attempt)- 716003 - 716004
User- Add / Added (Failed attempt)- 502101
- Modified / Modify (Failed attempt)- 502103 - 113006 - 113007
- Removed / Remove (Failed attempt)- 502102