Chapter 6

Core Cisco UC Application Lockdown

In Chapter 5, “Hardening the Core Cisco UC Appliance Operating Systems,” we discussed the methods and leading practices to secure Cisco’s voice operating system along with the core differences between VOS and the typical Linux application server. In this chapter we discuss the methods and procedures to secure and maintain the core Cisco UC application (GUIs). To accomplish this, the chapter covers how to enable User Access Control (UAC) for the application GUIs, enable logging, and then configure and monitor the Disaster Recovery System. The scenario we used in Chapter 5 is expanded to cover these topics.

As ACME’s UC engineer, Anthony has secured various aspects of Cisco UC application command ...

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