title: Cleartext Protocol Usage
id: 7e4bfe58-4a47-4709-828d-d86c78b7cc1f
status: stable
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.
author: Alexandr Yampolskyi, SOC Prime
date: 2019/03/26
references:
    - https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/cis-controls-list/
    - https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/documents/PCI_DSS_v3-2-1.pdf
    - https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/CSWP/NIST.CSWP.04162018.pdf
# tags:
    # - CSC4
    # - CSC4.5
    # - CSC14
    # - CSC14.4
    # - CSC16
    # - CSC16.5
    # - NIST CSF 1.1 PR.AT-2
    # - NIST CSF 1.1 PR.MA-2
    # - NIST CSF 1.1 PR.PT-3
    # - NIST CSF 1.1 PR.AC-1
    # - NIST CSF 1.1 PR.AC-4
    # - NIST CSF 1.1 PR.AC-5
    # - NIST CSF 1.1 PR.AC-6
    # - NIST CSF 1.1 PR.AC-7
    # - NIST CSF 1.1 PR.DS-1
    # - NIST CSF 1.1 PR.DS-2
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.2.1
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.2.2
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.2.3
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.2.4
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.2.5
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.2.6
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.3.1
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.4.1
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.4.2
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.4.3
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.4.4
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.8.3.1
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.9.1.1
    # - ISO 27002-2013 A.10.1.1
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 2.1
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 8.1
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 8.2
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 8.3
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 8.7
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 8.8
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 1.3
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 1.4
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 4.3
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 7.1
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 7.2
    # - PCI DSS 3.2 7.3
logsource:
    service: netflow
detection:
    selection:
        destination.port:
            - 8080
            - 21
            - 80
            - 23
            - 50000
            - 1521
            - 27017
            - 1433
            - 11211
            - 3306
            - 15672
            - 5900
            - 5901
            - 5902
            - 5903
            - 5904
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low