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Security Events

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Security Events


Security Events


This section describes the Cisco ANA security events. Security events are related to client logins and user activities when managing Cisco ANA and the Cisco ANA environment. Table 40-1 lists Cisco ANA security events. Security events are displayed in the Security tab in Cisco ANA EventVision.

For definitions of terms and acronyms used in Table 40-1, see Table 40-2. For information about Cisco ANA EventVision, see the Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 User Guide.

Table 40-1 Cisco ANA Security Events 

Event Name
Source OID
Short Description
Severity
Cause
Action
Category: Administrator Action

avm-added

IAvm

AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) was added.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-classesjar-changed

IAvm

The class JAR list of AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) was changed to <classesjar>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-disabled

IAvm

AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) was disabled.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-enabled

IAvm

AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) was enabled.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-high-availability-
disabled

IAvm

High availability was disabled for AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>).

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-high-availability-
enabled

IAvm

High availability was enabled for AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>).

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-key-changed

IAvm

The key of AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) was changed to <newkey>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-maxmem-changed

IAvm

The maximum heap size of AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) was changed to <maxmem>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-moved

IAvm

AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) was moved to <newip>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-patchjar-changed

IAvm

The patch JAR list of AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) was changed to <patchjar>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-removed

IAvm

AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) was removed.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

avm-restarted

IAvm

AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) was restarted.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

client-license-added

IClient
License
Management

Client license <key> was added.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

client-license-removed

IClient
License
Management

Client license <key> was removed.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

element-added

IElement
Management

Element <key> was added to AVM <unitip>:<avmid>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

element-alias-added

IElement
Management

The alias <alias> was added to element <key> (in AVM <unitip>:<avmid>).

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

element-alias-removed

IElement
Management

The alias <alias> was removed from element <key> (in AVM <unitip>:<avmid>).

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

element-disabled

IElement
Management

Element <key> (in AVM <unitip>:<avmid>) was disabled.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

element-enabled

IElement
Management

Element <key> (in AVM <unitip>:<avmid>) was enabled.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

element-moved

IElement
Management

Element <key> was moved from AVM <unitip>:<avmid> to AVM <newip>:<newavmid>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

element-removed

IElement
Management

Element <key> was removed from AVM <unitip>:<avmid>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

mc-network-high-
availability-disabled

IMC
Network

High availability was disabled for the BOS network.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

mc-network-high-
availability-enabled

IMC
Network

High availability was enabled for the BOS network.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

permission-added

IPermission

User <username> was granted permission for scope <scope> with role <role>.

CLEARED

Administrator executed grant permission to user command.

None needed.

permission-deleted

IPermission

User <username>'s permission for scope <scope> was revoked (previous role: <role>).

CLEARED

Administrator executed revoke permission to user command.

None needed.

permission-role-
changed

IPermission

User <username>'s role in scope <scope> was changed to <role>.

CLEARED

Administrator executed change role to user command.

None needed.

polling-group-added

IPolling
Group
Management

Polling group <name> (description: <description>) was added.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

polling-group-
description-changed

IPolling
Group
Management

The description of polling group <name> was changed to <description>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

polling-group-removed

IPolling
Group
Management

Polling group <name> (description: <description>) was removed.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

polling-interval-added

IPolling
Interval

Polling interval <group>/<name> (interval: <interval>) was added.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

polling-interval-
changed

IPolling
Interval

Polling interval <group>/<name> was changed to <interval>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

polling-interval-
removed

IPolling
Interval

Polling interval <group>/<name> (interval: <interval>) was removed.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

protection-group-added

IProtection
Group

Protection group <key> (description: <description>) was added.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

protection-group-
description-changed

IProtection
Group

The description of protection group <key> was changed to <description>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

protection-group-
removed

IProtection
Group

Protection group <key> (description: <description>) was removed.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

redundant-unit-added

IMC

DNA Redundant Unit <ip> was added.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

scope-created

IScope

Scope <scope> was created.

CLEARED

Administrator executed create scope command.

None needed.

scope-deleted

IScope

Scope <scope> was deleted.

CLEARED

Administrator executed delete scope command.

None needed.

scope-elements-added

IScope

The following elements were added to scope <scope>: <elements>.

CLEARED

Administrator executed add elements to scope command.

None needed.

scope-elements-
removed

IScope

The following elements were removed from scope <scope>: <elements>.

CLEARED

Administrator executed remove elements from scope command.

None needed.

static-link-added

IStatic
Topology
Management

A static topology link from <source> to <destination> was added.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

static-link-removed

IStatic
Topology
Management

The static topology link from <source> to <destination> was removed.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

transport-uplink-added

IMC
Network

A transport uplink was added between <sourceaddress> (local name: <sourcename>) and <destinationaddress> (local name: <destinationname>).

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

transport-uplink-
disabled

IMC
Network

The transport uplink between <sourceaddress> (local name: <sourcename>) and <destinationaddress> (local name: <destinationname>) was disabled.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

transport-uplink-
enabled

IMC
Network

The transport uplink between <sourceaddress> (local name: <sourcename>) and <destinationaddress> (local name: <destinationname>) was enabled.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

transport-uplink-
removed

IMC
Network

The transport uplink between <sourceaddress> (local name: <sourcename>) and <destinationaddress> (local name: <destinationname>) was removed.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

unit-added

IMC

DNA Unit <ip> was added.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

unit-high-availability-
disabled

IMC

High availability was disabled for BOS Unit <ip>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

unit-high-availability-
enabled

IMC

High availability was enabled for BOS Unit <ip>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

unit-manual-failover

IMC

Manual failover was started in BOS Unit <ip>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

unit-protection-group-
changed

IMC

The protection group of BOS Unit <ip> was changed to <protectiongroup>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

unit-removed

IMC

BOS Unit <ip> was removed.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

unit-restart

IMC

BOS Unit <ip> was restarted.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

unit-restarted

IMC

BOS Unit <ip> was restarted

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

user-created

IBOSUser

User <username> was created

CLEARED

Administrator executed create user command.

None needed.

user-deleted

IBOSUser

User <username> was deleted.

CLEARED

Administrator executed delete user command.

None needed.

user-map-added

IBOSUser

User <username> was granted permission to use map <map>.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

user-map-removed

IBOSUser

User <username>'s permission to use map <map> was revoked.

CLEARED

Administrator action.

None needed.

user-password-changed

IBOSUser

User <username>'s password was changed.

CLEARED

Administrator executed change password command.

None needed.

user-property-changed

IBOSUser

The property <property> of user <username> was changed to <value>.

CLEARED

Administrator executed change user property command.

None needed.

Category: Insufficient Permissions

execute command

IAvm

User <username> doesn't have required permission to run command <command name> .

MAJOR

A user executed a command with insufficient permissions. Might be a security attack.

Examine the log and identify the user and the command. Take the appropriate action according to organizational security policies.

Category: License

license_cap_exceeded

IAvm

License capacity exceeded for user = <username>, ip = <ip>.

MAJOR

User attempted to log in but is already using the maximum number of connections.

Close some of the user connections to the application.

license_expired

IAvm

License expired for user = <username>, ip = <ip>.

MAJOR

The user's license has expired.

Buy a license or log in as another user.

no_license

IAvm

No license exists for user = <username>, ip = <ip>.

MAJOR

The user does not have a license to use the application.

Buy a license.

Category: Login

invalid password

IAvm

Invalid password. Couldn't authenticate user <username>.

MINOR

User entered an invalid password.

Enter the password correctly.

invalid user

IAvm

Invalid login. Unknown user <username>.

MINOR

User entered invalid login name.

Enter the login name correctly.

session number exceeded

IAvm

Number of open sessions for user <username> exceeded.

MINOR

User has opened more sessions than allowed.

Increase the number of allowed sessions for this user or do not open so many.

success

IAvm

Successful login <username>.

CLEARED

User entered the correct login information.

None needed.

total number session exceeded

IAvm

Maximum open sessions number exceeded (<maxOpenSessions>).

MINOR

The users of the system have opened too many connections.

Close some of the connections to the system.

user disabled

IAvm

User <username> is disabled.

MINOR

User tried too many times to log in with an incorrect password; the account is disabled.

Enable the account.

Category: Logoff

user logoff

IAvm

User <username> logged off.

CLEARED

User closed the application that was connected to the system.

None needed.

Category: Password Changed

password changed

IAvm

User <username> changed password.

CLEARED

The user changed their password.

None needed.

Category: Password Expired

authenticate

IAvm

Password expired. Couldn't authenticate user <username>.

MINOR

User password expiration date has arrived.

Update user password.

disabled

IAvm

Account inactivity timeout expired. Account disabled. Couldn't authenticate user <username>.

MINOR

The user has not logged in within the specified time period and the account is disabled.

Enable user account.


Table 40-2 defines terms and acronyms that appear in the security events table.

Table 40-2 Security Event Terms and Acronyms

Term
Definition

avmid

AVM identifier

avmkey

AVM key

BOS

Cisco ANA

DNA

Cisco ANA

MC

Cisco ANA unit

VNE

Virtual Network Element