title: Cleartext Protocol Usage
id: d7fb8f0e-bd5f-45c2-b467-19571c490d7e
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
modified: 2021/11/23
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
logsource:
    category: firewall
detection:
    selection1:
        dst_port:
            - 8080
            - 21
            - 80
            - 23
            - 50000
            - 1521
            - 27017
            - 3306
            - 1433
            - 11211
            - 15672
            - 5900
            - 5901
            - 5902
            - 5903
            - 5904
    selection2:
        action:
            - forward
            - accept
            - 2
    condition: selection1 and selection2
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low
# 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