Cleartext Protocol Usage
Ensure that all account usernames and authentication credentials are transmitted across networks using encrypted channels. Ensure that an encryption is used for all sensitive information in transit. Ensure that an…
Description
Ensure that all account usernames and authentication credentials are transmitted across networks using encrypted channels. Ensure that an encryption is used for all sensitive information in transit. Ensure that an encrypted channels is used for all administrative account access.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source category
- firewall
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/CSWP/NIST.CSWP.04162018.pdf | 5 |
| www.cisecurity.org/controls/cis-controls-list/ | 5 |
| www.pcisecuritystandards.org/documents/PCI_DSS_v3-2-1.pdf | 5 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- d7fb8f0e-bd5f-45c2-b467-19571c490d7e
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.credential-access
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1