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  12. data/bin/update_stigs.rb +42 -0
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  14. data/docker-compose.yml +14 -0
  15. data/exe/kriterion +16 -0
  16. data/lib/kriterion.rb +16 -0
  17. data/lib/kriterion/api.rb +27 -0
  18. data/lib/kriterion/backend.rb +13 -0
  19. data/lib/kriterion/backend/mongodb.rb +235 -0
  20. data/lib/kriterion/cli.rb +28 -0
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  23. data/lib/kriterion/event.rb +36 -0
  24. data/lib/kriterion/item.rb +42 -0
  25. data/lib/kriterion/logs.rb +14 -0
  26. data/lib/kriterion/metrics.rb +22 -0
  27. data/lib/kriterion/object.rb +50 -0
  28. data/lib/kriterion/report.rb +69 -0
  29. data/lib/kriterion/resource.rb +60 -0
  30. data/lib/kriterion/section.rb +32 -0
  31. data/lib/kriterion/standard.rb +65 -0
  32. data/lib/kriterion/version.rb +3 -0
  33. data/lib/kriterion/worker.rb +280 -0
  34. data/standards/cis_red_hat_enterprise_linux_7.json +34 -0
  35. data/standards/stig_a10_networks_adc_alg.json +209 -0
  36. data/standards/stig_a10_networks_adc_ndm.json +233 -0
  37. data/standards/stig_active_directory_domain.json +257 -0
  38. data/standards/stig_active_directory_forest.json +41 -0
  39. data/standards/stig_active_directory_service_2003.json +173 -0
  40. data/standards/stig_active_directory_service_2008.json +167 -0
  41. data/standards/stig_adobe_acrobat_pro_xi.json +167 -0
  42. data/standards/stig_adobe_acrobat_reader_dc_classic_track.json +179 -0
  43. data/standards/stig_adobe_acrobat_reader_dc_continuous_track.json +179 -0
  44. data/standards/stig_adobe_coldfusion_11.json +611 -0
  45. data/standards/stig_airwatch_mdm.json +185 -0
  46. data/standards/stig_aix_5.3.json +3095 -0
  47. data/standards/stig_aix_6.1.json +3047 -0
  48. data/standards/stig_akamai_ksd_service_impact_level_2_alg.json +209 -0
  49. data/standards/stig_akamai_ksd_service_impact_level_2_ndm.json +155 -0
  50. data/standards/stig_android_2.2_dell.json +311 -0
  51. data/standards/stig_apache_2.2_serverwindows.json +347 -0
  52. data/standards/stig_apache_2.2_sitewindows_security_implementation_guide.json +179 -0
  53. data/standards/stig_apache_server_2.0unix.json +341 -0
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  55. data/standards/stig_apache_server_2.2unix.json +347 -0
  56. data/standards/stig_apache_server_2.2windows.json +347 -0
  57. data/standards/stig_apache_site_2.0unix.json +185 -0
  58. data/standards/stig_apache_site_2.0windows.json +179 -0
  59. data/standards/stig_apache_site_2.2unix.json +185 -0
  60. data/standards/stig_apache_site_2.2windows.json +179 -0
  61. data/standards/stig_apple_ios6.json +341 -0
  62. data/standards/stig_apple_ios_10.json +245 -0
  63. data/standards/stig_apple_ios_11.json +269 -0
  64. data/standards/stig_apple_ios_4_good_mobility_suite_interim_security_configuration_guide_iscg.json +257 -0
  65. data/standards/stig_apple_ios_5.json +329 -0
  66. data/standards/stig_apple_ios_6.json +335 -0
  67. data/standards/stig_apple_ios_6_interim_security_configuration_guide_iscg.json +371 -0
  68. data/standards/stig_apple_ios_7.json +185 -0
  69. data/standards/stig_apple_ios_8_interim_security_configuration_guide.json +251 -0
  70. data/standards/stig_apple_ios_9_interim_security_configuration_guide.json +245 -0
  71. data/standards/stig_apple_os_x_10.10_yosemite_workstation.json +851 -0
  72. data/standards/stig_apple_os_x_10.11.json +725 -0
  73. data/standards/stig_apple_os_x_10.12.json +737 -0
  74. data/standards/stig_apple_os_x_10.8_mountain_lion_workstation.json +1241 -0
  75. data/standards/stig_apple_os_x_10.9_mavericks_workstation.json +809 -0
  76. data/standards/stig_application_layer_gateway_alg_security_requirements_guide_srg.json +911 -0
  77. data/standards/stig_application_layer_gateway_security_requirements_guide.json +911 -0
  78. data/standards/stig_application_security_and_development.json +1745 -0
  79. data/standards/stig_application_security_and_development_checklist.json +959 -0
  80. data/standards/stig_application_security_requirements_guide.json +1961 -0
  81. data/standards/stig_application_server_security_requirements_guide.json +791 -0
  82. data/standards/stig_arcgisserver_10.3.json +143 -0
  83. data/standards/stig_arista_mls_dcs-7000_series_l2s.json +53 -0
  84. data/standards/stig_arista_mls_dcs-7000_series_ndm.json +197 -0
  85. data/standards/stig_arista_mls_dcs-7000_series_rtr.json +143 -0
  86. data/standards/stig_bind_9.x.json +431 -0
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  88. data/standards/stig_blackberry_10.2.x_os.json +179 -0
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  90. data/standards/stig_blackberry_bes_12.3.x_mdm.json +65 -0
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  92. data/standards/stig_blackberry_device_service_6.2.json +425 -0
  93. data/standards/stig_blackberry_enterprise_mobility_server_2.x.json +149 -0
  94. data/standards/stig_blackberry_enterprise_server,_part_1.json +35 -0
  95. data/standards/stig_blackberry_enterprise_server,_part_2.json +155 -0
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  97. data/standards/stig_blackberry_enterprise_server_version_5.x,_part_1.json +35 -0
  98. data/standards/stig_blackberry_enterprise_server_version_5.x,_part_2.json +155 -0
  99. data/standards/stig_blackberry_enterprise_server_version_5.x,_part_3.json +653 -0
  100. data/standards/stig_blackberry_enterprise_service_v10.1.x_blackberry_device_service.json +317 -0
  101. data/standards/stig_blackberry_enterprise_service_v10.2.x_blackberry_device_service.json +263 -0
  102. data/standards/stig_blackberry_handheld_device.json +125 -0
  103. data/standards/stig_blackberry_os_10.3.x.json +257 -0
  104. data/standards/stig_blackberry_os_7.x.json +107 -0
  105. data/standards/stig_blackberry_os_7.x.x.json +101 -0
  106. data/standards/stig_blackberry_os_version_5-7.json +107 -0
  107. data/standards/stig_blackberry_playbook.json +65 -0
  108. data/standards/stig_blackberry_playbook_os_nea_mode.json +65 -0
  109. data/standards/stig_blackberry_playbook_os_v2.1.json +197 -0
  110. data/standards/stig_blackberry_uem_12.7.json +59 -0
  111. data/standards/stig_bluetoothzigbee.json +35 -0
  112. data/standards/stig_ca_api_gateway_alg.json +497 -0
  113. data/standards/stig_cisco_css_dns.json +71 -0
  114. data/standards/stig_cisco_ios_xe_release_3_ndm.json +395 -0
  115. data/standards/stig_cisco_ios_xe_release_3_rtr.json +149 -0
  116. data/standards/stig_cmd_management_server_policy.json +53 -0
  117. data/standards/stig_commercial_mobile_device_cmd_policy.json +83 -0
  118. data/standards/stig_csfc_campus_wlan_policy_security_implementation_guide.json +95 -0
  119. data/standards/stig_database_security_requirements_guide.json +767 -0
  120. data/standards/stig_dbn-6300_idps.json +107 -0
  121. data/standards/stig_dbn-6300_ndm.json +359 -0
  122. data/standards/stig_defense_switched_network.json +683 -0
  123. data/standards/stig_defense_switched_network_dsn.json +653 -0
  124. data/standards/stig_desktop_applications_general.json +41 -0
  125. data/standards/stig_dns_policy.json +155 -0
  126. data/standards/stig_domain_name_system_dns_security_requirements_guide.json +599 -0
  127. data/standards/stig_draft_aix.json +3503 -0
  128. data/standards/stig_edb_postgres_advanced_server.json +665 -0
  129. data/standards/stig_email_services_policy.json +137 -0
  130. data/standards/stig_exchange_2010_client_access_server.json +179 -0
  131. data/standards/stig_exchange_2010_edge_transport_server.json +389 -0
  132. data/standards/stig_exchange_2010_hub_transport_server.json +269 -0
  133. data/standards/stig_exchange_2010_mailbox_server.json +209 -0
  134. data/standards/stig_f5_big-ip_access_policy_manager_11.x.json +149 -0
  135. data/standards/stig_f5_big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager_11.x.json +41 -0
  136. data/standards/stig_f5_big-ip_application_security_manager_11.x.json +89 -0
  137. data/standards/stig_f5_big-ip_device_management_11.x.json +467 -0
  138. data/standards/stig_f5_big-ip_local_traffic_manager_11.x.json +407 -0
  139. data/standards/stig_final_draft_general_wireless_policy.json +71 -0
  140. data/standards/stig_firewall.json +449 -0
  141. data/standards/stig_firewall_-_cisco.json +449 -0
  142. data/standards/stig_firewall_security_requirements_guide.json +257 -0
  143. data/standards/stig_forescout_counteract_alg.json +83 -0
  144. data/standards/stig_forescout_counteract_ndm.json +239 -0
  145. data/standards/stig_free_space_optics_device.json +143 -0
  146. data/standards/stig_general_mobile_device_policy_non-enterprise_activated.json +113 -0
  147. data/standards/stig_general_mobile_device_technical_non-enterprise_activated.json +59 -0
  148. data/standards/stig_general_purpose_operating_system_srg.json +1199 -0
  149. data/standards/stig_general_wireless_policy.json +71 -0
  150. data/standards/stig_good_mobility_suite_server_android_os.json +203 -0
  151. data/standards/stig_good_mobility_suite_server_apple_ios_4_interim_security_configuration_guide_iscg.json +209 -0
  152. data/standards/stig_good_mobility_suite_server_windows_phone_6.5.json +449 -0
  153. data/standards/stig_goodenterprise_8.x.json +401 -0
  154. data/standards/stig_google_chrome_browser.json +209 -0
  155. data/standards/stig_google_chrome_current_windows.json +215 -0
  156. data/standards/stig_google_chrome_draft.json +281 -0
  157. data/standards/stig_google_chrome_v23_windows.json +275 -0
  158. data/standards/stig_google_chrome_v24_windows.json +263 -0
  159. data/standards/stig_google_chrome_v24_windows_benchmark.json +227 -0
  160. data/standards/stig_google_search_appliance.json +209 -0
  161. data/standards/stig_harris_secnet_11_54.json +89 -0
  162. data/standards/stig_hp-ux_11.23.json +3215 -0
  163. data/standards/stig_hp-ux_11.31.json +3155 -0
  164. data/standards/stig_hp-ux_smse.json +431 -0
  165. data/standards/stig_hpe_3par_storeserv_3.2.x.json +131 -0
  166. data/standards/stig_ibm_datapower_alg.json +401 -0
  167. data/standards/stig_ibm_datapower_network_device_management.json +395 -0
  168. data/standards/stig_ibm_db2_v10.5_luw.json +575 -0
  169. data/standards/stig_ibm_hardware_management_console_hmc.json +221 -0
  170. data/standards/stig_ibm_hardware_management_console_hmc_policies.json +35 -0
  171. data/standards/stig_ibm_maas360_v2.3.x_mdm.json +59 -0
  172. data/standards/stig_ibm_zvm_using_ca_vm:secure.json +473 -0
  173. data/standards/stig_idps_security_requirements_guide_srg.json +1865 -0
  174. data/standards/stig_idsips.json +257 -0
  175. data/standards/stig_iis6_server.json +221 -0
  176. data/standards/stig_iis6_site.json +263 -0
  177. data/standards/stig_iis_7.0_web_server.json +155 -0
  178. data/standards/stig_iis_7.0_web_site.json +299 -0
  179. data/standards/stig_iis_8.5_server.json +293 -0
  180. data/standards/stig_iis_8.5_site.json +347 -0
  181. data/standards/stig_infoblox_7.x_dns.json +419 -0
  182. data/standards/stig_infrastructure_l3_switch.json +599 -0
  183. data/standards/stig_infrastructure_l3_switch_-_cisco.json +659 -0
  184. data/standards/stig_infrastructure_l3_switch_secure_technical_implementation_guide_-_cisco.json +659 -0
  185. data/standards/stig_infrastructure_router.json +479 -0
  186. data/standards/stig_infrastructure_router_-_cisco.json +539 -0
  187. data/standards/stig_infrastructure_router_-_juniper.json +485 -0
  188. data/standards/stig_infrastructure_router__cisco.json +539 -0
  189. data/standards/stig_infrastructure_router__juniper.json +485 -0
  190. data/standards/stig_internet_explorer_8.json +821 -0
  191. data/standards/stig_internet_explorer_9.json +815 -0
  192. data/standards/stig_intrusion_detection_and_prevention_systems_idps_security_requirements_guide.json +371 -0
  193. data/standards/stig_ipsec_vpn_gateway.json +521 -0
  194. data/standards/stig_java_runtime_environment_jre_6_unix.json +65 -0
  195. data/standards/stig_java_runtime_environment_jre_6_win7.json +65 -0
  196. data/standards/stig_java_runtime_environment_jre_6_windows_xp.json +77 -0
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  198. data/standards/stig_java_runtime_environment_jre_7_unix.json +65 -0
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  201. data/standards/stig_java_runtime_environment_jre_version_6_unix.json +77 -0
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  203. data/standards/stig_java_runtime_environment_jre_version_6_windows_xp.json +65 -0
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  207. data/standards/stig_java_runtime_environment_jre_version_8_unix.json +107 -0
  208. data/standards/stig_java_runtime_environment_jre_version_8_windows.json +107 -0
  209. data/standards/stig_jboss_eap_6.3.json +413 -0
  210. data/standards/stig_juniper_srx_sg_alg.json +155 -0
  211. data/standards/stig_juniper_srx_sg_idps.json +179 -0
  212. data/standards/stig_juniper_srx_sg_ndm.json +443 -0
  213. data/standards/stig_juniper_srx_sg_vpn.json +185 -0
  214. data/standards/stig_keyboard_video_and_mouse_switch.json +269 -0
  215. data/standards/stig_l3_kov-26_talon_wireless_role.json +77 -0
  216. data/standards/stig_layer_2_switch.json +347 -0
  217. data/standards/stig_layer_2_switch_-_cisco.json +365 -0
  218. data/standards/stig_lg_android_5.x_interim_security_configuration_guide.json +245 -0
  219. data/standards/stig_lg_android_6.x.json +281 -0
  220. data/standards/stig_mac_osx_10.6_workstation.json +1319 -0
  221. data/standards/stig_mac_osx_10.6_workstation_draft.json +1319 -0
  222. data/standards/stig_mainframe_product_security_requirements_guide.json +1115 -0
  223. data/standards/stig_mcafee_application_control_7.x.json +203 -0
  224. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_2.63.6.1_multi-platform_client.json +149 -0
  225. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_2.63.6.1_multi-platform_oss.json +101 -0
  226. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_2.6_multi-platform_client.json +149 -0
  227. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_2.6_multi-platform_oss.json +101 -0
  228. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_3.6.1_multi-platform_client.json +149 -0
  229. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_3.6.1_multi-platform_oss.json +101 -0
  230. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_agentless_3.03.6.1_security_virtual_appliance.json +167 -0
  231. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_agentless_3.0_security_virtual_appliance.json +167 -0
  232. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_agentless_3.0_vsel_1.9sva.json +203 -0
  233. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_agentless_3.6.1_security_virtual_appliance.json +167 -0
  234. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_av_agentless_4.5.json +155 -0
  235. data/standards/stig_mcafee_move_av_multi-platform_4.5.json +215 -0
  236. data/standards/stig_mcafee_virusscan_8.8_local_client.json +533 -0
  237. data/standards/stig_mcafee_virusscan_8.8_managed_client.json +533 -0
  238. data/standards/stig_mcafee_vsel_1.92.0_local_client.json +245 -0
  239. data/standards/stig_mcafee_vsel_1.92.0_managed_client.json +239 -0
  240. data/standards/stig_mdm_server_policy.json +47 -0
  241. data/standards/stig_microsoft_access_2003.json +47 -0
  242. data/standards/stig_microsoft_access_2007.json +77 -0
  243. data/standards/stig_microsoft_access_2010.json +119 -0
  244. data/standards/stig_microsoft_access_2013.json +113 -0
  245. data/standards/stig_microsoft_access_2016.json +107 -0
  246. data/standards/stig_microsoft_dot_net_framework_4.0.json +101 -0
  247. data/standards/stig_microsoft_excel_2003.json +47 -0
  248. data/standards/stig_microsoft_excel_2007.json +155 -0
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  251. data/standards/stig_microsoft_excel_2016.json +257 -0
  252. data/standards/stig_microsoft_exchange_2010_client_access_server_role.json +71 -0
  253. data/standards/stig_microsoft_exchange_2010_core_server.json +47 -0
  254. data/standards/stig_microsoft_exchange_2010_edge_transport_server_role.json +233 -0
  255. data/standards/stig_microsoft_exchange_2010_hub_transport_server_role.json +125 -0
  256. data/standards/stig_microsoft_exchange_2010_mailbox_server_role.json +107 -0
  257. data/standards/stig_microsoft_exchange_server_2003.json +647 -0
  258. data/standards/stig_microsoft_groove_2013.json +71 -0
  259. data/standards/stig_microsoft_ie_version_6.json +599 -0
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  261. data/standards/stig_microsoft_infopath_2003.json +41 -0
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  265. data/standards/stig_microsoft_internet_explorer_10.json +857 -0
  266. data/standards/stig_microsoft_internet_explorer_11.json +839 -0
  267. data/standards/stig_microsoft_internet_explorer_9.json +821 -0
  268. data/standards/stig_microsoft_lync_2013.json +29 -0
  269. data/standards/stig_microsoft_office_system_2007.json +221 -0
  270. data/standards/stig_microsoft_office_system_2010.json +233 -0
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  272. data/standards/stig_microsoft_office_system_2016.json +131 -0
  273. data/standards/stig_microsoft_onedrivebusiness_2016.json +89 -0
  274. data/standards/stig_microsoft_onenote_2010.json +77 -0
  275. data/standards/stig_microsoft_onenote_2013.json +71 -0
  276. data/standards/stig_microsoft_onenote_2016.json +71 -0
  277. data/standards/stig_microsoft_outlook_2003.json +65 -0
  278. data/standards/stig_microsoft_outlook_2007.json +479 -0
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  280. data/standards/stig_microsoft_outlook_2013.json +497 -0
  281. data/standards/stig_microsoft_outlook_2016.json +359 -0
  282. data/standards/stig_microsoft_powerpoint_2003.json +47 -0
  283. data/standards/stig_microsoft_powerpoint_2007.json +131 -0
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  287. data/standards/stig_microsoft_project_2010.json +83 -0
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  290. data/standards/stig_microsoft_publisher_2010.json +107 -0
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+ "title": "Sign-on to the ESCD Application Console must be restricted to only authorized personnel.",
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+ "description": "The ESCD Application Console is used to add, change, and delete port configurations and to dynamically switch paths between devices. Access to the ESCD Application Console is restricted to three classes of personnel: Administrators, service representatives and operators. The administrator sign-on controls passwords at all levels, the service representative sign-on allows access to maintenance procedures, and the operator sign-on allows for configuration changes and use of the Director utilities. Unrestricted use by unauthorized personnel could impact the integrity of the environment. This would result in a loss of secure operations and impact data operating environment integrity. NOTE: Many newer installations no longer support the ESCD Application Console. For installations not supporting the ESCD Application Console, this check is not applicable.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-24343",
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+ "title": "The ESCON Director Application Console Event log must be enabled.",
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+ "description": "The ESCON Director Console Event Log is used to record all ESCON Director Changes. Failure to create an ESCON Director Application Console Event log results in the lack of monitoring and accountability of configuration changes. In addition, its use in the execution of a contingency plan could be compromised and security degraded. NOTE: Many newer installations no longer support the ESCON Director Console. For installations not supporting the ESCON Director Console, this check is not applicable.",
26
+ "severity": "high"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-24344",
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+ "title": "The Distributed Console Access Facility (DCAF) Console must be restricted to only authorized personnel.",
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+ "description": "The DCAF Console enables an operator to access the ESCON Director Application remotely. Access to a DCAF Console by unauthorized personnel could result in varying of ESCON Directors online or offline and applying configuration changes. Unrestricted use by unauthorized personnel could lead to bypass of security, unlimited access to the system, and an altering of the environment. This would result in a loss of secure operations and will impact data operating integrity of the environment. NOTE: Many newer installations no longer support the ESCON Director Application. For installations not supporting the ESCON Director Application, this check is not applicable.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
34
+ {
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+ "id": "V-24345",
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+ "title": "The Hardware Management Console must be located in a secure location.",
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+ "description": "The Hardware Management Console is used to perform Initial Program Load (IPLs) and control the Processor Resource/System Manager (PR/SM). If the Hardware Management Console is not located in a secure location, unauthorized personnel can bypass security, access the system, and alter the environment. This can lead to loss of secure operations if not corrected immediately.",
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+ "severity": "high"
39
+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-24348",
42
+ "title": "Dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console Remote Support Facility (RSF) must be restricted to an authorized vendor site.",
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+ "description": "Dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console could impact the integrity of the environment, by enabling the possible introduction of spyware or other malicious code. It is important to note that it should be properly configured to only go to an authorized vendor site. Note: This feature will be activated for Non-Classified Systems only. Also, many newer processors (e.g., zEC12/zBC12 processors) will not have modems. If there is no modem, this check is not applicable.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
46
+ {
47
+ "id": "V-24349",
48
+ "title": "Access to the Hardware Management Console must be restricted to only authorized personnel.\n",
49
+ "description": "Access to the Hardware Management Console if not properly restricted to authorized personnel could lead to a bypass of security, access to the system, and an altering of the environment. This would result in a loss of secure operations and can cause an impact to data operating environment integrity.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-24350",
54
+ "title": "Automatic Call Answering to the Hardware Management Console must be disabled.",
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+ "description": "Automatic Call Answering to the Hardware Management Console allows unrestricted access by unauthorized personnel and could lead to a bypass of security, access to the system, and an altering of the environment. This would result in a loss of secure operations and impact the integrity of the operating environment, files, and programs. Note: Dial-in access to the Hardware Management Console is prohibited. Also, many newer processors (e.g., zEC12/zBC12 processors) will not have modems. If there is no modem, this check is not applicable.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
59
+ "id": "V-24352",
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+ "title": "The Hardware Management Console Event log must be active.",
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+ "description": "The Hardware Management Console controls the operation and availability of the Central Processor Complex (CPC). Failure to create and maintain the Hardware Management Console Event log could result in the lack of monitoring and accountability of CPC control activity. ",
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+ "severity": "medium"
63
+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-24353",
66
+ "title": "The manufacturer’s default passwords must be changed for all Hardware Management Console (HMC) Management software.",
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+ "description": "The changing of passwords from the HMC default values, blocks malicious users with knowledge of these default passwords, from creating a denial of service or from reconfiguring the HMC topology leading to a compromise of sensitive data. The system administrator will ensure that the manufacturer’s default passwords are changed for all HMC management software.",
68
+ "severity": "high"
69
+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-24354",
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+ "title": "Predefined task roles to the Hardware Management Console (HMC) must be specified to limit capabilities of individual users.",
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+ "description": "Individual task roles with access to specific resources if not created and restricted, will allow unrestricted access to system functions. The following is an example of some managed resource categories: Tasks are functions that a user can perform, and the managed resource role defines where those tasks might be carried out. The Access Administrator assigns a user ID and user roles to each user of the Hardware Management Console. \n\n•\tOPERATOR OPERATOR \n•\tADVANCED ADVANCED OPERATOR\n•\tACSADMIN ACCESS ADMINISTRTOR\n•\tSYSPROG SYSTEM PROGRAMMER\n•\tSERVICE SRVICE REPRESENTATIVE\nFailure to establish this environment may lead to uncontrolled access to system resources.\n",
74
+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-24355",
78
+ "title": "Individual user accounts with passwords must be maintained for the Hardware Management Console operating system and application.",
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+ "description": "Without identification and authentication, unauthorized users could reconfigure the Hardware Management Console or disrupt its operation by logging in to the system or application and execute unauthorized commands. The System Administrator will ensure individual user accounts with passwords are set up and maintained for the Hardware Management Console. ",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-24356",
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+ "title": "The PASSWORD History Count value must be set to 10 or greater.",
85
+ "description": "History Count specifies the number of previous passwords saved for each USERID and compares it with an intended new password. If there is a match with one of the previous passwords, or with the current password, it will reject the intended new password. The improper setting of any of these fields, individually or in combination with another, can compromise the security of the processing environment. ",
86
+ "severity": "medium"
87
+ },
88
+ {
89
+ "id": "V-24358",
90
+ "title": "The PASSWORD expiration day(s) value must be set to equal or less then 60 days.",
91
+ "description": "Expiration Day(s) specifies the maximum number of days that each user's password is valid. When a user logs on to the Hardware Management Console it compares the system password interval value specified in the user profile and it uses the lower of the two values to determine if the user's, password has expired. The improper setting of any of these fields, individually or in combination with another, can compromise the security of the processing environment. ",
92
+ "severity": "medium"
93
+ },
94
+ {
95
+ "id": "V-24359",
96
+ "title": "Maximum failed password attempts before disable delay must be set to 3 or less.",
97
+ "description": "The Maximum failed attempts before disable delay is not set to 3. This specifies the number of consecutive incorrect password attempts the Hardware Management Console allows as 3 times, before setting a 60-minute delay to attempt to retry the password. The improper setting of any of these fields, individually or in combination with another, can compromise the security of the processing environment. Note: The Hardware Management Console does not allow a revoke of a userID. A 60- minute delay time setting is being substituted.",
98
+ "severity": "medium"
99
+ },
100
+ {
101
+ "id": "V-24360",
102
+ "title": "The password values must be set to meet the requirements in accordance with DoDI 8500.2 for DoD information systems processing sensitive information and above, and CJCSI 6510.01E (INFORMATION ASSURANCE (IA) AND COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE (CND)).",
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+ "description": "In accordance with DoDI 8500.2 for DoD information systems processing sensitive information and above and CJCSI 6510.01E (INFORMATION ASSURANCE (IA) AND COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE (CND)).. The following recommendations concerning password requirements are mandatory and apply equally to both classified and unclassified systems: (1) Passwords are to be fourteen (14) characters. (2) Passwords are to be a mix of upper and lower-case alphabetic, numeric, and special characters, including at least one of each. Special characters include the national characters (i.e., @, #, and $) and other non-alphabetic and non-numeric characters typically found on a keyboard. The improper setting of any of these fields, individually or in combination with another, can compromise the security of the processing environment. In addition, failure to establish standardized settings for the Hardware Management Console control options introduces the possibility of exposure during the migration process or contingency plan activation.",
104
+ "severity": "medium"
105
+ },
106
+ {
107
+ "id": "V-24361",
108
+ "title": "The terminal or workstation must lock out after a maximum of 15 minutes of inactivity, requiring the account password to resume.",
109
+ "description": "If the system, workstation, or terminal does not lock the session after more than15 minutes of inactivity, requiring a password to resume operations, the system or individual data could be compromised by an alert intruder who could exploit the oversight.",
110
+ "severity": "medium"
111
+ },
112
+ {
113
+ "id": "V-24362",
114
+ "title": "The Department of Defense (DoD) logon banner must be displayed prior to any login attempt.",
115
+ "description": "Failure to display the required DoD logon banner prior to a login attempt may void legal proceedings resulting from unauthorized access to system resources and may leave the SA, IAO, IAM, and Installation Commander open to legal proceedings for not advising users that keystrokes are being audited.",
116
+ "severity": "medium"
117
+ },
118
+ {
119
+ "id": "V-24363",
120
+ "title": "A private web server must subscribe to certificates, issued from any DoD-authorized Certificate Authority, as an access control mechanism for web users. ",
121
+ "description": "If the Hardware Management Consoles (HMC) is network-connected, use SSL encryption techniques, through digital certificates to provide message privacy, message integrity and mutual authentication between clients and servers. To maintain data integrity the IBM Certificate distributed with the HMC's is to be replaced by a DoD-authorized Certificate. Note: This check applies only to network-connected HMCs.",
122
+ "severity": "medium"
123
+ },
124
+ {
125
+ "id": "V-24364",
126
+ "title": "Hardware Management Console audit record content data must be backed up.",
127
+ "description": "The Hardware Management Console has the ability to backup and display the following data: 1) Critical console data 2) Critical hard disk information 3) Backup of critical CPC data and 4) Security Logs. Failure to backup and archive the listed data could make auditing of system incidents and history unavailable and could impact recovery for failed components. ",
128
+ "severity": "medium"
129
+ },
130
+ {
131
+ "id": "V-24373",
132
+ "title": "Hardware Management Console management must be accomplished by using the out-of-band or direct connection method.",
133
+ "description": "Removing the management traffic from the production network diminishes the security profile of the Hardware Management Console servers by allowing all the management ports to be closed on the production network. The System Administrator will ensure that Hardware Management Console management is accomplished using the out-of-band or direct connection method.",
134
+ "severity": "medium"
135
+ },
136
+ {
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+ "id": "V-24378",
138
+ "title": "Unauthorized partitions must not exist on the system complex.",
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+ "description": "The running of unauthorized Logical Partitions (LPARs) could allow a “Trojan horse” version of the operating environment to be introduced into the system complex. This could impact the integrity of the system complex and the confidentiality of the data that resides in it.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-24379",
144
+ "title": "On Classified Systems, Logical Partition must be restricted with read/write access to only its own IOCDS.",
145
+ "description": "Unrestricted control over the IOCDS files could result in unauthorized updates and impact the configuration of the environment by allowing unauthorized access to a restricted resource. This could severely damage the integrity of the environment and the system resources.",
146
+ "severity": "medium"
147
+ },
148
+ {
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+ "id": "V-24380",
150
+ "title": "Processor Resource/Systems Manager (PR/SM) must not allow unrestricted issuing of control program commands.",
151
+ "description": "Unrestricted control over the issuing of system commands by a Logical Partition could result in unauthorized data access and inadvertent updates. This could result in severe damage to system resources.",
152
+ "severity": "medium"
153
+ },
154
+ {
155
+ "id": "V-24381",
156
+ "title": "Classified Logical Partition (LPAR) channel paths must be restricted.",
157
+ "description": "Restricted LPAR channel paths are necessary to ensure data integrity. Unrestricted LPAR channel path access could result in a compromise of data integrity. When a classified LPAR exists on a mainframe which requires total isolation, all paths to that LPAR must be restricted.",
158
+ "severity": "high"
159
+ },
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+ {
161
+ "id": "V-24382",
162
+ "title": "On Classified Systems the Processor Resource/Systems Manager (PR/SM) must not allow access to system complex data.\n\n",
163
+ "description": "Allowing unrestricted access to all Logical Partition data could result in the possibility of unauthorized access and updating of data. This could also impact the integrity of the processing environment.",
164
+ "severity": "medium"
165
+ },
166
+ {
167
+ "id": "V-24383",
168
+ "title": "Central processors must be restricted for classified/restricted Logical Partitions (LPARs).",
169
+ "description": "Allowing unrestricted access to classified processors for all LPARs could cause the corruption and loss of classified data sets, which could compromise classified processing.",
170
+ "severity": "high"
171
+ },
172
+ {
173
+ "id": "V-24398",
174
+ "title": "Dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console Remote Support Facility (RSF) must be disabled for all classified systems. ",
175
+ "description": "This feature will not be activated for any classified systems. Allowing dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console could impact the integrity of the environment by enabling the possible introduction of spyware or other malicious code. ",
176
+ "severity": "high"
177
+ },
178
+ {
179
+ "id": "V-25247",
180
+ "title": "DCAF Console access must require a password to be entered by each user.\n",
181
+ "description": "The DCAF Console enables an operator to access the ESCON Director Application remotely. Access to a DCAF Console by unauthorized personnel could result in varying of ESCON Directors online or offline and applying configuration changes. Unrestricted use by unauthorized personnel could lead to bypass of security, unlimited access to the system, and an altering of the environment. This would result in a loss of secure operations and will impact data operating integrity of the environment. NOTE: Many newer installations no longer support the ESCON Director Application. For installations not supporting the ESCON Director Application, this check is not applicable.",
182
+ "severity": "medium"
183
+ },
184
+ {
185
+ "id": "V-25386",
186
+ "title": "Access to the Hardware Management Console (HMC) must be restricted by assigning users proper roles and responsibilities.",
187
+ "description": "Access to the HMC if not properly controlled and restricted by assigning users proper roles and responsibilities, could allow modification to areas outside the need-to-know and abilities of the individual resulting in a bypass of security and an altering of the environment. This would result in a loss of secure operations and can cause an impact to data operating environment integrity.",
188
+ "severity": "medium"
189
+ },
190
+ {
191
+ "id": "V-25387",
192
+ "title": "Audit records content must contain valid information to allow for proper incident reporting.",
193
+ "description": "The content of audit data must validate that the information contains:\n \nUser IDs\nSuccessful and unsuccessful attempts to access security files (e.g., audit records, password files, access control files, etc)\nDate and time of the event\nType of event\nSuccess or failure of event\nSuccessful and unsuccessful logons\nDenial of access resulting from excessive number of logon attempts\nFailure to not contain this information may hamper attempts to trace events and not allow proper tracking of incidents during a forensic investigation\n",
194
+ "severity": "medium"
195
+ },
196
+ {
197
+ "id": "V-25388",
198
+ "title": "Product engineering access to the Hardware Management Console must be disabled.",
199
+ "description": "The Hardware Management Console has a built-in feature that allows Product Engineers access to the console. With access authority, IBM Product Engineering can log on the Hardware Management Console with an exclusive user identification (ID) that provides tasks and operations for problem determination. Product Engineering access is provided by a reserved password and permanent user ID. You cannot view, discard, or change the password and user ID, but you can control their use for accessing the Hardware Management Console. User IDs and passwords that are hard-coded and cannot be modified are a violation of NIST 800-53 and multiple other compliance regulations. Failure to disable this access would allow unauthorized access and could lead to security violations on the HMC.",
200
+ "severity": "high"
201
+ },
202
+ {
203
+ "id": "V-25400",
204
+ "title": "Connection to the Internet for IBM remote support must be in compliance with the Remote Access STIGs.",
205
+ "description": "Failure to securely connect to remote sites can leave systems open to multiple attacks and security violations through the network. Failure to securely implement remote support connections can lead to unauthorized access or denial of service attacks on the Hardware Management Console.",
206
+ "severity": "high"
207
+ },
208
+ {
209
+ "id": "V-25404",
210
+ "title": "A maximum of 60-minute delay must be specified for the password retry after 3 failed attempts to enter your password",
211
+ "description": "The Maximum failed attempts before disable delay is not set to 3. This specifies the number of consecutive incorrect password attempts the Hardware Management Console allows as 3 times, before setting a 60-minute delay to attempt to retry the password. The improper setting of any of these fields, individually or in combination with another, can compromise the security of the processing environment. Note: The Hardware Management Console does not allow a revoke of a user ID.A 60-minute delay time setting is being substituted.",
212
+ "severity": "low"
213
+ },
214
+ {
215
+ "id": "V-25405",
216
+ "title": "Connection to the Internet for IBM remote support must be in compliance with mitigations specified in the Ports and Protocols and Services Management (PPSM) requirements.",
217
+ "description": "Failure to securely connect to remote sites can leave systems open to multiple attacks and security violations through the network. Failure to securely implement remote support connections can lead to unauthorized access or denial of service attacks on theHardware Management Console.",
218
+ "severity": "high"
219
+ }
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+ ]
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+ }
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+ {
2
+ "name": "stig_ibm_hardware_management_console_hmc_policies",
3
+ "date": "2015-01-14",
4
+ "description": "Policy and Documentation Vulnerabilities for IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC).",
5
+ "title": "IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) STIG Policies",
6
+ "version": "1",
7
+ "item_syntax": "^\\w-\\d+$",
8
+ "section_separator": null,
9
+ "items": [
10
+ {
11
+ "id": "V-24841",
12
+ "title": "Initial Program Load (IPL) Procedures must exists for each partition defined to the system.",
13
+ "description": "If procedures for performing IPLs are not in place, it is extremely difficult to ensure overall operating system integrity.",
14
+ "severity": "low"
15
+ },
16
+ {
17
+ "id": "V-24842",
18
+ "title": "Power On Reset (POR) Procedures must be documented for each system.",
19
+ "description": "If procedures for performing PORs are not in place, it is extremely difficult to ensure overall operating system integrity",
20
+ "severity": "low"
21
+ },
22
+ {
23
+ "id": "V-24843",
24
+ "title": "System shutdown procedures documentation must exist for each partition defined to the system.",
25
+ "description": "If procedures for performing system shutdowns are not in place, it is extremely difficult to ensure overall data and operating system integrity.",
26
+ "severity": "low"
27
+ },
28
+ {
29
+ "id": "V-24844",
30
+ "title": "Backup of critical data for the HMC and its components must be documented and tracked",
31
+ "description": "If procedures for performing backup and recovery of critical data for the HMC is not in place, system recoverability may be jeopardized and overall security compromised.",
32
+ "severity": "medium"
33
+ }
34
+ ]
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+ }
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+ {
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+ "name": "stig_ibm_maas360_v2.3.x_mdm",
3
+ "date": "2016-02-24",
4
+ "description": "This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via e-mail to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.",
5
+ "title": "IBM MaaS360 v2.3.x MDM Security Technical Implementation Guide",
6
+ "version": "1",
7
+ "item_syntax": "^\\w-\\d+$",
8
+ "section_separator": null,
9
+ "items": [
10
+ {
11
+ "id": "V-65631",
12
+ "title": "Before establishing a user session, the MaaS360 Server must display an administrator-specified advisory notice and consent warning message regarding use of the MaaS360 Server.",
13
+ "description": "Note: The advisory notice and consent warning message is not required if the General Purpose OS or Network Device displays an advisory notice and consent warning message when the administrator logs on to the General Purpose OS or Network Device prior to accessing the MaaS360 Server or MaaS360 Server platform.\n\nThe MaaS360 Server/server platform is required to display the DoD-approved system use notification message or banner before granting access to the system that provides privacy and security notices consistent with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance. This ensures the legal requirements for auditing and monitoring are met. \n\nThe approved DoD text must be used as specified in KS referenced in DoDI 8500.01.\n\nThe non-bracketed text below must be used without any changes as the warning banner. \n \n[A. Use this banner for desktops, laptops, and other devices accommodating banners of 1300 characters. The banner shall be implemented as a click-through banner at logon (to the extent permitted by the operating system), meaning it prevents further activity on the information system unless and until the user executes a positive action to manifest agreement by clicking on a box indicating “OK.”]\n \nYou are accessing a U.S. Government (USG) Information System (IS) that is provided for USG-authorized use only. \nBy using this IS (which includes any device attached to this IS), you consent to the following conditions: \n-The USG routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this IS for purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, COMSEC monitoring, network operations and defense, personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), and counterintelligence (CI) investigations. \n-At any time, the USG may inspect and seize data stored on this IS. \n-Communications using, or data stored on, this IS are not private, are subject to routine monitoring, interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any USG-authorized purpose. \n-This IS includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) to protect USG interests--not for your personal benefit or privacy. \n-Notwithstanding the above, using this IS does not constitute consent to PM, LE or CI investigative searching or monitoring of the content of privileged communications, or work product, related to personal representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants. Such communications and work product are private and confidential. See User Agreement for details.\n\nSFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1(2) Refinement",
14
+ "severity": "low"
15
+ },
16
+ {
17
+ "id": "V-65633",
18
+ "title": "The MaaS360 Server must be configured with the Administrator roles:\n\na. MD user;\nb. Server primary administrator;\nc. Security configuration administrator;\nd. Device user group administrator;\ne. Auditor.",
19
+ "description": "Having several roles for the MaaS360 Server supports separation of duties. This allows administrator-level privileges to be granted granularly, such as giving application management privileges to one group and security policy privileges to another group. This helps prevent administrators from intentionally or inadvertently altering other settings and configurations they may not understand or approve of, which can weaken overall security and increase the risk of compromise.\n\nRoles\na. MD user: able to log into the application store and request approved applications\nb. Server primary administrator: primary administrator for the server, including server installation, configuration, patching, and setting up admin accounts.\nc. Security configuration administrator: Has the ability to define new policies but not to push them to managed mobile devices.\nd. Device user group administrator: Has the ability to set up new user accounts, add devices, and push security policies and issue administrative commands to managed mobile devices or MDM agents. \ne. Auditor: Has the ability to set audit configuration parameters and delete or modify the content of logs.\n\nSFR ID: FMT_SMR.1.1(1) Refinement",
20
+ "severity": "medium"
21
+ },
22
+ {
23
+ "id": "V-65635",
24
+ "title": "The MaaS360 Server must be configured to enable all required audit events: Failure to push a new application on a managed mobile device.",
25
+ "description": "Failure to generate these audit records makes it more difficult to identify or investigate attempted or successful compromises, potentially causing incidents to last longer than necessary.\n\nSFR ID: FAU_GEN.1.1(2) Refinement",
26
+ "severity": "medium"
27
+ },
28
+ {
29
+ "id": "V-65637",
30
+ "title": "The MaaS360 Server must be configured to enable all required audit events: Failure to update an existing application on a managed mobile device.",
31
+ "description": "Failure to generate these audit records makes it more difficult to identify or investigate attempted or successful compromises, potentially causing incidents to last longer than necessary.\n\nSFR ID: FAU_GEN.1.1(2) Refinement",
32
+ "severity": "medium"
33
+ },
34
+ {
35
+ "id": "V-65639",
36
+ "title": "The MaaS360 Server must leverage the MDM Platform user accounts and groups for MaaS360 Server user identification and authentication.",
37
+ "description": "A comprehensive account management process that includes automation helps to ensure the accounts designated as requiring attention are consistently and promptly addressed. If an attacker compromises an account, the entire MaaS360 Server infrastructure is at risk. Providing automated support functions for the management of accounts will ensure only active accounts will be granted access with the proper authorization levels. These objectives are best achieved by configuring the MaaS360 Server to leverage an enterprise authentication mechanism (e.g., Microsoft Active Directory, Kerberos).\n\nSFR ID: FIA",
38
+ "severity": "medium"
39
+ },
40
+ {
41
+ "id": "V-65641",
42
+ "title": "The MaaS360 server platform must be protected by a DoD-approved firewall.",
43
+ "description": "Most information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services provided by default may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations. Unneeded services and processes provide additional threat vectors and avenues of attack to the information system. The MDM server is a critical component of the mobility architecture and must be configured to only those ports, protocols, and services (PPS) necessary to support functionality, all others must be expressly disabled or removed. A DoD-approved firewall implements the required network restrictions. A host-based firewall is appropriate where the MDM server runs on a standalone platform. Network firewalls or other architectures may be preferred where the MDM server runs in a cloud or virtualized solution.\n\nSFR ID: FMT_SMF.1.1(1) Refinement",
44
+ "severity": "medium"
45
+ },
46
+ {
47
+ "id": "V-65643",
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+ "title": "The firewall protecting the MaaS360 server platform must be configured to restrict all network traffic to and from all addresses with the exception of ports, protocols, and IP address ranges required to support MDM server and platform functions.",
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+ "description": "Most information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations. Since MDM server is a critical component of the mobility architecture and must be configured to only those ports, protocols, and services (PPS) necessary to support functionality, all others must be expressly disabled or removed. A firewall installed on the MDM server provides a protection mechanism to ensure unwanted service requests do not reach the MDM server and outbound traffic is limited to only MDM server functionality.\n\nSFR ID: FMT_SMF.1.1(1) Refinement",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-65645",
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+ "title": "The MaaS360 Agent must be configured to alert via the trusted channel to the MaaS360 Server for the following event: change in enrollment status.",
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+ "description": "Alerts providing notification of a change in enrollment state facilitate verification of the correct operation of security functions. When a MaaS360 Server receives such an alert from a MaaS360 Agent, it indicates that the security policy may no longer be enforced on the mobile device. This enables the MDM administrator to take an appropriate remedial action.\n\nSFR ID: FAU_ALT_EXT.2.1",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ }
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+ ]
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+ "name": "stig_ibm_zvm_using_ca_vm:secure",
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+ "date": "2018-04-04",
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+ "description": "This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.",
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+ "title": "IBM z/VM Using CA VM:Secure Security Technical Implementation Guide",
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+ "version": "1",
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+ "item_syntax": "^\\w-\\d+$",
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+ "section_separator": null,
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+ "items": [
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78841",
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+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product Rules Facility must be installed and operating.",
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+ "description": "Enterprise environments make account management for operating systems challenging and complex. A manual process for account management functions adds the risk of a potential oversight or other errors. IBM z/VM requires an external security manager to assure proper account management.\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000001-GPOS-00001, SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048",
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+ "severity": "high"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78843",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP DTCPARMS files must be properly configured to connect to an external security manager.",
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+ "description": "A comprehensive account management process such as provided by External Security Managers (ESM) which includes automation helps to ensure accounts designated as requiring attention are consistently and promptly addressed. Examples include, but are not limited to, using automation to take action on multiple accounts designated as inactive, suspended, or terminated, or by disabling accounts located in non-centralized account stores such as multiple servers. This requirement applies to all account types, including individual/user, shared, group, system, guest/anonymous, emergency, developer/manufacturer/vendor, temporary, and service. DTCPARMS setting assures that an ESM is enabled.\n\nAccount management functions include: assigning group or role membership; identifying account type; specifying user access authorizations (i.e., privileges); account removal, update, or termination; and administrative alerts.",
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+ "severity": "high"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78845",
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+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product must be installed and operating.",
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+ "description": "A comprehensive account management process such as provided by an External Security Manager (ESM) which includes automation helps to ensure accounts designated as requiring attention are consistently and promptly addressed.\n\nAccount management functions include: assigning group or role membership; identifying account type; specifying user access authorizations (i.e., privileges); account removal, update, or termination; and administrative alerts.\n\nOnce an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to create an account. Auditing account creation actions provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes.\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004, SRG-OS-000032-GPOS-00013, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000038-GPOS-00016, SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017, SRG-OS-000040-GPOS-00018, SRG-OS-000041-GPOS-00019, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00021, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000255-GPOS-00096, SRG-OS-000365-GPOS-00152, SRG-OS-000327-GPOS-00127, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000461-GPOS-00205, SRG-OS-000463-GPOS-00207, SRG-OS-000303-GPOS-00120, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000467-GPOS-00211, SRG-OS-000468-GPOS-00212, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00216, SRG-OS-000472-GPOS-00217, SRG-OS-000473-GPOS-00218, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219, SRG-OS-000475-GPOS-00220, SRG-OS-000476-GPOS-00221, SRG-OS-000477-GPOS-00222, SRG-OS-000240-GPOS-00090, SRG-OS-000241-GPOS-00091, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000239-GPOS-00089, SRG-OS-000465-GPOS-00209",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78847",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM JOURNALING LOGON parameter must be set for lockout after 3 attempts for 15 minutes.",
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+ "description": "By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78849",
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+ "title": "The CA VM:Secure JOURNAL Facility parameters must be set for lockout after 3 attempts.",
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+ "description": "By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78851",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM LOGO Configuration file must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting local or remote access to the system.",
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+ "description": "Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the operating system ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance.\n\nSystem use notifications are required only for access via logon interfaces with human users and are not required when such human interfaces do not exist.\n\nThe banner must be formatted in accordance with applicable DoD policy. Use the following verbiage for operating systems that can accommodate banners of 1300 characters:\n\n\"You are accessing a U.S. Government (USG) Information System (IS) that is provided for USG-authorized use only.\n\nBy using this IS (which includes any device attached to this IS), you consent to the following conditions:\n\n-The USG routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this IS for purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, COMSEC monitoring, network operations and defense, personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), and counterintelligence (CI) investigations.\n\n-At any time, the USG may inspect and seize data stored on this IS.\n\n-Communications using, or data stored on, this IS are not private, are subject to routine monitoring, interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any USG-authorized purpose.\n\n-This IS includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) to protect USG interests--not for your personal benefit or privacy.\n\n-Notwithstanding the above, using this IS does not constitute consent to PM, LE or CI investigative searching or monitoring of the content of privileged communications, or work product, related to personal representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants. Such communications and work product are private and confidential. See User Agreement for details.\"\n\nUse the following verbiage for operating systems that have severe limitations on the number of characters that can be displayed in the banner:\n\n\"I've read & consent to terms in IS user agreem't.\"",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78853",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP FTP Server must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting local or remote access to the system and until users acknowledge the usage conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access.",
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+ "description": "The banner must be acknowledged by the user prior to allowing the user access to the operating system. This provides assurance that the user has seen the message and accepted the conditions for access. If the consent banner is not acknowledged by the user, DoD will not be in compliance with system use notifications required by law.\n\nTo establish acceptance of the application usage policy, a click-through banner at system logon is required. The system must prevent further activity until the user executes a positive action to manifest agreement by clicking on a box indicating \"OK\".\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000023-GPOS-00006, SRG-OS-000024-GPOS-00007",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78855",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM LOGO configuration file must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner until users acknowledge the usage conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access.",
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+ "description": "The banner must be acknowledged by the user prior to allowing the user access to the operating system. This provides assurance that the user has seen the message and accepted the conditions for access. If the consent banner is not acknowledged by the user, DoD will not be in compliance with system use notifications required by law.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78857",
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+ "title": "For FTP processing Z/VM TCP/IP FTP server Exit must be enabled.",
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+ "description": "Remote access services, such as those providing remote access to network devices and information systems, which lack automated monitoring capabilities, increase risk and make remote user access management difficult at best.\n\nRemote access is access to DoD nonpublic information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access methods include, for example, dial-up, broadband, and wireless.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78859",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP configuration must include an SSLSERVERID statement.",
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+ "description": "The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) server, provides processing support for secure (encrypted) communication between remote clients and z/VM TCP/IP application servers that are configured for secure communications The TCP/IP (stack) server routes requests for secure connections to an SSL server, which interacts with a client on behalf of an application server to perform handshake operations and the exchange of cryptographic parameters for a secure session. The SSL server then manages the encryption and decryption of data for an established, secure session.\n\nRemote access is access to DoD nonpublic information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access methods include, for example, dial-up, broadband, and wireless.\n\nEncryption provides a means to secure the remote connection to prevent unauthorized access to the data traversing the remote access connection (e.g., RDP), thereby providing a degree of confidentiality. The encryption strength of a mechanism is selected based on the security categorization of the information.\n\nWithout confidentiality protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote access session.\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014, SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093, SRG-OS-000424-GPOS-00188, SRG-OS-000426-GPOS-00190, SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173, SRG-OS-000394-GPOS-00174, SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78861",
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+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product AUDIT file must be restricted to authorized personnel.",
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+ "description": "Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confidentiality.\n\nAudit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit operating system activity.\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78863",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM Journal option must be specified in the Product Configuration File.",
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+ "description": "Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.\n\nAudit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).\n\nThe JOURNALING statement tells z/VM CP to include the journaling facility and to enable the system being initialized to set and query the journaling facility.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78865",
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+ "title": "All digital certificates in use must have a valid path to a trusted Certification authority.",
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+ "description": "Without path validation, an informed trust decision by the relying party cannot be made when presented with any certificate not already explicitly trusted.\n\nA trust anchor is an authoritative entity represented via a public key and associated data. It is used in the context of public key infrastructures, X.509 digital certificates, and DNSSEC.\n\nWhen there is a chain of trust, usually the top entity to be trusted becomes the trust anchor; it can be, for example, a Certification Authority (CA). A certification path starts with the subject certificate and proceeds through a number of intermediate certificates up to a trusted root certificate, typically issued by a trusted CA.\n\nThis requirement verifies that a certification path to an accepted trust anchor is used for certificate validation and that the path includes status information. Path validation is necessary for a relying party to make an informed trust decision when presented with any certificate not already explicitly trusted. Status information for certification paths includes certificate revocation lists or online certificate status protocol responses. Validation of the certificate status information is out of scope for this requirement.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78867",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP Key database for LDAP or SSL server must be created with the proper permissions.",
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+ "description": "If the private key is discovered, an attacker can use the key to authenticate as an authorized user and gain access to the network infrastructure.\n\nThe cornerstone of the PKI is the private key used to encrypt or digitally sign information.\n\nIf the private key is stolen, this will lead to the compromise of the authentication and non-repudiation gained through PKI because the attacker can use the private key to digitally sign documents and pretend to be the authorized user.\n\nBoth the holders of a digital certificate and the issuing authority must protect the computers, storage devices, or whatever they use to keep the private keys.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78869",
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+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product Password Encryption (PEF) option must be properly configured to store and transmit cryptographically-protected passwords.",
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+ "description": "Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised.\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041, SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042",
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+ "severity": "high"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78871",
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+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product AUTOEXP record in the Security Config File must be properly set.",
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+ "description": "Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the operating system does not limit the lifetime of passwords and force users to change their passwords, there is the risk that the operating system passwords could be compromised.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78873",
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+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product PASSWORD user exit must be coded with the PWLIST option properly set.",
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+ "description": "Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78875",
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+ "title": "IBM zVM CA VM:Secure product PASSWORD user exit must be in use.",
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+ "description": "The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.\n\nPassword complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password.\n\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000266-GPOS-00101, SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043, SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038, SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039, SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037, SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78877",
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+ "title": "IBM z/VM must be configured to disable non-essential capabilities.",
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+ "description": "It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors.\n\nOperating systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations (e.g., key missions, functions).\n\nExamples of non-essential capabilities include, but are not limited to, games, software packages, tools, and demonstration software, not related to requirements or providing a wide array of functionality not required for every mission, but which cannot be disabled.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78879",
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+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product Config Delay LOG option must be set to 0.",
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+ "description": "IBM z/VM 6.4.0 made changes to obscure whether a logon is invalid due to the user ID or due to the password. Both the logon prompting sequence and the message HCPLGA050E were changed. However, DELAYLOG causes a delay for a logon with an invalid password that it does not cause when the user ID is invalid. Thus, if you are using DELAYLOG with z/VM 6.4.0, you can inadvertently let someone trying to break into your system know that it is the password that is invalid.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78881",
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+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product NORULE record in the SECURITY CONFIG file must be configured to REJECT.",
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+ "description": "To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-approved PKIs, all DoD systems (e.g., web servers and web portals) must be properly configured to incorporate access control methods that do not rely solely on the possession of a certificate for access. Successful authentication must not automatically give an entity access to an asset or security boundary. Authorization procedures and controls must be implemented to ensure each authenticated entity also has a validated and current authorization. Authorization is the process of determining whether an entity, once authenticated, is permitted to access a specific asset. Information systems use access control policies and enforcement mechanisms to implement this requirement.\n\nAccess control policies include: identity-based policies, role-based policies, and attribute-based policies. Access enforcement mechanisms include: access control lists, access control matrices, and cryptography. These policies and mechanisms must be employed by the application to control access between users (or processes acting on behalf of users) and objects (e.g., devices, files, records, processes, programs, and domains) in the information system.\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229, SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000121-GPOS-00062, SRG-OS-000370-GPOS-00155",
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+ "severity": "medium"
135
+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78883",
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+ "title": "All IBM z/VM TCP/IP Ports must be restricted to ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.",
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+ "description": "In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable or restrict unused or unnecessary physical and logical ports/protocols on information systems.\n\nOperating systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services provided by default may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations. Additionally, it is sometimes convenient to provide multiple services from a single component (e.g., VPN and IPS); however, doing so increases risk over limiting the services provided by any one component.\n\nTo support the requirements and principles of least functionality, the operating system must support the organizational requirements, providing only essential capabilities and limiting the use of ports, protocols, and/or services to only those required, authorized, and approved to conduct official business or to address authorized quality of life issues.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78885",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM Security Manager must provide a procedure to disable userIDs after 35 days of inactivity.",
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+ "description": "Inactive identifiers pose a risk to systems and applications because attackers may exploit an inactive identifier and potentially obtain undetected access to the system. Owners of inactive accounts will not notice if unauthorized access to their user account has been obtained.\n\nOperating systems need to track periods of inactivity and disable application identifiers after 35 days of inactivity.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78887",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP VMSSL command operands must be configured properly.",
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+ "description": "VMSSL services are initiated using the VMSSL command defined in the DTCPARMS file. Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be compromised.",
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+ "severity": "high"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78889",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP ANONYMOU statement must not be coded in FTP configuration.",
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+ "description": "Operating systems utilizing encryption are required to use FIPS-compliant mechanisms for authenticating to cryptographic modules.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78891",
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+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product ADMIN GLOBALS command must be restricted to systems programming personnel.",
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+ "description": "Operating system management functionality includes functions necessary for administration and requires privileged user access. Allowing non-privileged users to access operating system management functionality capabilities increases the risk that non-privileged users may obtain elevated privileges.\n\nOperating system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer console, network components, workstations, or servers and typically requires privileged user access.\n\nThe separation of user functionality from information system management functionality is either physical or logical and is accomplished by using different computers, different central processing units, different instances of the operating system, different network addresses, different TCP/UDP ports, virtualization techniques, combinations of these methods, or other methods, as appropriate.\n\nAn example of this type of separation is observed in web administrative interfaces that use separate authentication methods for users of any other information system resources. This may include isolating the administrative interface on a different security domain and with additional access controls.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78893",
168
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure must have a security group for Security Administrators only.",
169
+ "description": "An isolation boundary provides access control and protects the integrity of the hardware, software, and firmware that perform security functions.\n\nSecurity functions are the hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based. Operating systems implement code separation (i.e., separation of security functions from non-security functions) in a number of ways, including through the provision of security kernels via processor rings or processor modes. For non-kernel code, security function isolation is often achieved through file system protections that serve to protect the code on disk and address space protections that protect executing code.\n\nDevelopers and implementers can increase the assurance in security functions by employing well-defined security policy models; structured, disciplined, and rigorous hardware and software development techniques; and sound system/security engineering principles. Implementation may include isolation of memory space and libraries. Operating systems restrict access to security functions through the use of access control mechanisms and by implementing least privilege capabilities.",
170
+ "severity": "medium"
171
+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78895",
174
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM SYSTEM CONFIG file must be configured to clear TDISK on IPL.",
175
+ "description": "Preventing unauthorized information transfers mitigates the risk of information, including encrypted representations of information, produced by the actions of prior users/roles (or the actions of processes acting on behalf of prior users/roles) from being available to any current users/roles (or current processes) that obtain access to shared system resources (e.g., registers, main memory, hard disks) after those resources have been released back to information systems. The control of information in shared resources is also commonly referred to as object reuse and residual information protection.\n\nThis requirement generally applies to the design of an information technology product, but it can also apply to the configuration of particular information system components that are, or use, such products. This can be verified by acceptance/validation processes in DoD or other government agencies.\n\nThere may be shared resources with configurable protections (e.g., files in storage) that may be assessed on specific information system components.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
177
+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78897",
180
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP FOREIGNIPCONLIMIT statement must be properly configured.",
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+ "description": "DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot accomplish its mission or must operate at degraded capacity.\n\nManaging excess capacity ensures that sufficient capacity is available to counter flooding attacks. Employing increased capacity and service redundancy may reduce the susceptibility to some DoS attacks. Managing excess capacity may include, for example, establishing selected usage priorities, quotas, or partitioning.\n\nUse the FOREIGNIPCONLIMIT statement to define the maximum number of connections that a foreign IP address is allowed to have open at the same time. If this value would be exceeded, an SSTRESS denial-of-service attack is declared.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78899",
186
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP PERSISTCONNECTIONLIMIT statement must be properly configured.",
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+ "description": "DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot accomplish its mission or must operate at degraded capacity.\n\nManaging excess capacity ensures that sufficient capacity is available to counter flooding attacks. Employing increased capacity and service redundancy may reduce the susceptibility to some DoS attacks. Managing excess capacity may include, for example, establishing selected usage priorities, quotas, or partitioning.\n\nThe PERSISTCONNECTIONLIMIT statement defines the maximum number of connections in TCP persist state at any given time. When a new connection in persist state causes this limit to be exceeded, the oldest current connection in persist state is dropped and a ZeroWin denial-of-service attack is declared.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78901",
192
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP PENDINGCONNECTIONLIMIT statement must be properly configured.",
193
+ "description": "DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot accomplish its mission or must operate at degraded capacity.\n\nManaging excess capacity ensures that sufficient capacity is available to counter flooding attacks. Employing increased capacity and service redundancy may reduce the susceptibility to some DoS attacks. Managing excess capacity may include, for example, establishing selected usage priorities, quotas, or partitioning.\n\nThe PENDINGCONNECTIONLIMIT statement defines the maximum number of half-open connections that are allowed at any given time. When a new half-open connection causes this limit to be exceeded, a random current half-open connection is dropped and a SynFlood denial-of-service attack is declared.",
194
+ "severity": "medium"
195
+ },
196
+ {
197
+ "id": "V-78903",
198
+ "title": "IBM z/VM tapes must use Tape Encryption.",
199
+ "description": "Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device (e.g., disk drive and tape drive, when used for backups) within an operating system.\n\nGuest operating systems, such as CMS, that are not capable of enabling the hardware encryption available with the 3592 Model E05 tape drive are able to use z/VM facilities that enable the encryption on behalf of the guest. Guest operating systems that do support tape encryption, such as z/OS with proper service, will be able to do so without interference from z/VM.",
200
+ "severity": "medium"
201
+ },
202
+ {
203
+ "id": "V-78905",
204
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP must be configured to display the mandatory DoD Notice and Consent banner before granting access to the system.",
205
+ "description": "Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the publicly accessible operating system ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance.\n\nSystem use notifications are required only for access via logon interfaces with human users and are not required when such human interfaces do not exist.\n\nThe banner must be formatted in accordance with applicable DoD policy. Use the following verbiage for operating systems that can accommodate banners of 1300 characters:\n\n\"You are accessing a U.S. Government (USG) Information System (IS) that is provided for USG-authorized use only.\n\nBy using this IS (which includes any device attached to this IS), you consent to the following conditions:\n\n-The USG routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this IS for purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, COMSEC monitoring, network operations and defense, personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), and counterintelligence (CI) investigations.\n\n-At any time, the USG may inspect and seize data stored on this IS.\n\n-Communications using, or data stored on, this IS are not private, are subject to routine monitoring, interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any USG-authorized purpose.\n\n-This IS includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) to protect USG interests--not for your personal benefit or privacy.\n\n-Notwithstanding the above, using this IS does not constitute consent to PM, LE or CI investigative searching or monitoring of the content of privileged communications, or work product, related to personal representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants. Such communications and work product are private and confidential. See User Agreement for details.\"\n\nUse the following verbiage for operating systems that have severe limitations on the number of characters that can be displayed in the banner:\n\n\"I've read & consent to terms in IS user agreem't.\"",
206
+ "severity": "medium"
207
+ },
208
+ {
209
+ "id": "V-78907",
210
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM JOURNALING statement must be coded on the configuration file.",
211
+ "description": "If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.",
212
+ "severity": "medium"
213
+ },
214
+ {
215
+ "id": "V-78909",
216
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product SECURITY CONFIG file must be restricted to appropriate personnel.",
217
+ "description": "Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit information.\n\nOperating systems providing tools to interface with audit information will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the user accessing the tools and the corresponding rights the user enjoys in order to make access decisions regarding the access to audit tools.\n\nAudit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit information system activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators.\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227",
218
+ "severity": "medium"
219
+ },
220
+ {
221
+ "id": "V-78911",
222
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM AUDT and Journal Mini Disks must be restricted to the appropriate system administrators.",
223
+ "description": "Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit information.\n\nOperating systems providing tools to interface with audit information will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the user accessing the tools and the corresponding rights the user has in order to make access decisions regarding the modification of audit tools.\n\nAudit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit information system activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators.\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099",
224
+ "severity": "medium"
225
+ },
226
+ {
227
+ "id": "V-78913",
228
+ "title": "IBM z/VM must remove or disable emergency accounts after the crisis is resolved or 72 hours.",
229
+ "description": "Emergency accounts are privileged accounts that are established in response to crisis situations where the need for rapid account activation is required. Therefore, emergency account activation may bypass normal account authorization processes. If these accounts are automatically disabled, system maintenance during emergencies may not be possible, thus adversely affecting system availability.\n\nEmergency accounts are different from infrequently used accounts (i.e., local logon accounts used by the organization's system administrators when network or normal logon/access is not available). Infrequently used accounts are not subject to automatic termination dates. Emergency accounts are accounts created in response to crisis situations, usually for use by maintenance personnel. The automatic expiration or disabling time period may be extended as needed until the crisis is resolved; however, it must not be extended indefinitely. A permanent account should be established for privileged users who need long-term maintenance accounts.\n\nTo address access requirements, many operating systems can be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.",
230
+ "severity": "medium"
231
+ },
232
+ {
233
+ "id": "V-78915",
234
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM must restrict link access to the disk on which system software resides.",
235
+ "description": "If the operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing the appropriate testing and approvals that are part of a robust change management process.\n\nThis requirement applies to operating systems with software libraries that are accessible and configurable, as in the case of interpreted languages. Software libraries also include privileged programs which execute with escalated privileges. Only qualified and authorized individuals must be allowed to obtain access to information system components for purposes of initiating changes, including upgrades and modifications.",
236
+ "severity": "medium"
237
+ },
238
+ {
239
+ "id": "V-78917",
240
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM Privilege command class A and Class B must be properly assigned.",
241
+ "description": "Allowing regular users to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malicious software will be installed on the system. Explicit privileges (escalated or administrative privileges) provide the regular user with explicit capabilities and control that exceeds the rights of a regular user.\n\nOperating system functionality will vary, and while users are not permitted to install unapproved software, there may be instances where the organization allows the user to install approved software packages, such as from an approved software repository.\n\nThe operating system or software configuration management utility must enforce control of software installation by users based upon what types of software installations are permitted (e.g., updates and security patches to existing software) and what types of installations are prohibited (e.g., software whose pedigree with regard to being potentially malicious is unknown or suspect) by the organization.",
242
+ "severity": "medium"
243
+ },
244
+ {
245
+ "id": "V-78919",
246
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure AUTHORIZ CONFIG file must be properly configured.",
247
+ "description": "Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to system configuration may have significant effects on the overall security of the system.\n\nWhen dealing with access restrictions pertaining to change control, it should be noted that any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the operating system can have significant effects on the overall security of the system.\n\nAccordingly, only qualified and authorized individuals should be allowed to obtain access to operating system components for the purposes of initiating changes, including upgrades and modifications.\n\nLogical access restrictions include, for example, controls that restrict access to workflow automation, media libraries, abstract layers (e.g., changes implemented into third-party interfaces rather than directly into information systems), and change windows (e.g., changes occur only during specified times, making unauthorized changes easy to discover).",
248
+ "severity": "medium"
249
+ },
250
+ {
251
+ "id": "V-78921",
252
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM journal minidisk space allocation must be large enough for one weeks worth of audit records.",
253
+ "description": "In order to ensure operating systems have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, operating systems need to be able to allocate audit record storage capacity.\n\nThe task of allocating audit record storage capacity is usually performed during initial installation of the operating system.",
254
+ "severity": "medium"
255
+ },
256
+ {
257
+ "id": "V-78923",
258
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product audit records must offload audit records to a different system or media.",
259
+ "description": "Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.\n\nOff-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.",
260
+ "severity": "medium"
261
+ },
262
+ {
263
+ "id": "V-78925",
264
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product audit records must be offloaded on a weekly basis.",
265
+ "description": "Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.\n\nOff-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.",
266
+ "severity": "medium"
267
+ },
268
+ {
269
+ "id": "V-78927",
270
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM Portmapper server virtual machine userID must be included in the AUTOLOG statement of the TCP/IP server configuration file.",
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+ "description": "Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Bidirectional authentication provides stronger safeguards to validate the identity of other devices for connections that are of greater risk.\n\nBidirectional authentication solutions include, but are not limited to, IEEE 802.1x and Extensible Authentication Protocol [EAP], RADIUS server with EAP-Transport Layer Security [TLS] authentication, Kerberos, and SSL mutual authentication.\n\nA local connection is any connection with a device communicating without the use of a network. A network connection is any connection with a device that communicates through a network (e.g., local area network, wide area network, or the Internet). A remote connection is any connection with a device communicating through an external network (e.g., the Internet).\n\nBecause of the challenges of applying this requirement on a large scale, organizations are encouraged to only apply this requirement to those limited number (and type) of devices that truly need to support this capability.",
272
+ "severity": "medium"
273
+ },
274
+ {
275
+ "id": "V-78929",
276
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product MANAGE command must be restricted to system administrators.",
277
+ "description": "Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are \"owners\" of objects and therefore have discretion over who should be authorized to access the object and in which mode (e.g., read or write). Ownership is usually acquired as a consequence of creating the object or via specified ownership assignment. DAC allows the owner to determine who will have access to objects they control. An example of DAC includes user-controlled file permissions.\n\nWhen discretionary access control policies are implemented, subjects are not constrained with regard to what actions they can take with information for which they have already been granted access. Thus, subjects that have been granted access to information are not prevented from passing (i.e., the subjects have the discretion to pass) the information to other subjects or objects. A subject that is constrained in its operation by Mandatory Access Control policies is still able to operate under the less rigorous constraints of this requirement. Thus, while Mandatory Access Control imposes constraints preventing a subject from passing information to another subject operating at a different sensitivity level, this requirement permits the subject to pass the information to any subject at the same sensitivity level. The policy is bounded by the information system boundary. Once the information is passed outside the control of the information system, additional means may be required to ensure the constraints remain in effect. While the older, more traditional definitions of discretionary access control require identity-based access control, that limitation is not required for this use of discretionary access control.",
278
+ "severity": "medium"
279
+ },
280
+ {
281
+ "id": "V-78931",
282
+ "title": "The CA VM:Secure LOGONBY command must be restricted to system administrators.",
283
+ "description": "In certain situations, software applications/programs need to execute with elevated privileges to perform required functions. However, if the privileges required for execution are at a higher level than the privileges assigned to organizational users invoking such applications/programs, those users are indirectly provided with greater privileges than assigned by the organizations.\n\nThe LOGONBY statement designates up to eight user IDs that can use their own passwords to log on to and use the virtual machine.",
284
+ "severity": "medium"
285
+ },
286
+ {
287
+ "id": "V-78933",
288
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM CP Privilege Class A, B, and D must be restricted to appropriate system operators.",
289
+ "description": "Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or processes may gain unnecessary access to information or privileges.\n\nPrivileged functions include, for example, establishing accounts, performing system integrity checks, or administering cryptographic key management activities. Non-privileged users are individuals that do not possess appropriate authorizations. Circumventing intrusion detection and prevention mechanisms or malicious code protection mechanisms are examples of privileged functions that require protection from non-privileged users.",
290
+ "severity": "medium"
291
+ },
292
+ {
293
+ "id": "V-78935",
294
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM JOURNALING statement must be properly configured.",
295
+ "description": "By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.",
296
+ "severity": "medium"
297
+ },
298
+ {
299
+ "id": "V-78937",
300
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP SECUREDATA option for FTP must be set to REQUIRED.",
301
+ "description": "Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, for example, during aggregation, at protocol transformation points, and during packing/unpacking. These unauthorized disclosures or modifications compromise the confidentiality or integrity of the information.\n\nEnsuring the confidentiality of transmitted information requires the operating system to take measures in preparing information for transmission. This can be accomplished via access control and encryption.\n\nUse of this requirement will be limited to situations where the data owner has a strict requirement for ensuring data integrity and confidentiality is maintained at every step of the data transfer and handling process. When transmitting data, operating systems need to support transmission protection mechanisms such as TLS, SSL VPNs, or IPsec.\n\nThe SECUREDATA statement specifies the FTP server-wide minimum security level for data connections.\n\nSatisfies: SRG-OS-000425-GPOS-00189, SRG-OS-000426-GPOS-00190",
302
+ "severity": "medium"
303
+ },
304
+ {
305
+ "id": "V-78939",
306
+ "title": "IBM z/VM TCP/IP config file INTERNALCLIENTPARMS statement must be properly configured.",
307
+ "description": "Remote access services, such as those providing remote access to network devices and information systems, which lack automated control capabilities, increase risk and make remote user access management difficult at best.\n\nRemote access is access to DoD nonpublic information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access methods include, for example, dial-up, broadband, and wireless.\n\nOperating system functionality (e.g., RDP) must be capable of taking enforcement action if the audit reveals unauthorized activity. Automated control of remote access sessions allows organizations to ensure ongoing compliance with remote access policies by enforcing connection rules of remote access applications on a variety of information system components (e.g., servers, workstations, notebook computers, smartphones, and tablets).\n\nThe INTERNALCLIENTPARMS statement is used to configure the Telnet server, an internal client of the TCPIP virtual machine.",
308
+ "severity": "medium"
309
+ },
310
+ {
311
+ "id": "V-78941",
312
+ "title": "All IBM z/VM TCP/IP servers must be configured for SSL/TLS connection.",
313
+ "description": "Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, for example, during aggregation, at protocol transformation points, and during packing/unpacking. These unauthorized disclosures or modifications compromise the confidentiality or integrity of the information.\n\nEnsuring the confidentiality of transmitted information requires the operating system to take measures in preparing information for transmission. This can be accomplished via access control and encryption.\n\nUse of this requirement will be limited to situations where the data owner has a strict requirement for ensuring data integrity and confidentiality is maintained at every step of the data transfer and handling process. When transmitting data, operating systems need to support transmission protection mechanisms such as TLS, SSL VPNs, or IPsec.",
314
+ "severity": "medium"
315
+ },
316
+ {
317
+ "id": "V-78943",
318
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP SECURETELNETCLIENT option for telnet must be set to YES.",
319
+ "description": "Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, for example, during aggregation, at protocol transformation points, and during packing/unpacking. These unauthorized disclosures or modifications compromise the confidentiality or integrity of the information.\n\nEnsuring the confidentiality of transmitted information requires the operating system to take measures in preparing information for transmission. This can be accomplished via access control and encryption.\n\nUse of this requirement will be limited to situations where the data owner has a strict requirement for ensuring data integrity and confidentiality is maintained at every step of the data transfer and handling process. When transmitting data, operating systems need to support transmission protection mechanisms such as TLS, SSL VPNs, or IPsec.\n\nThe SECUREDATA statement specifies the FTP server-wide minimum security level for data connections.",
320
+ "severity": "medium"
321
+ },
322
+ {
323
+ "id": "V-78945",
324
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP NSLOOKUP statement for UFT servers must be properly configured.",
325
+ "description": "If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it may have come from a poisoned cache, the packets could have been intercepted without the resolver's knowledge, or resource records could have been removed, which would result in query failure or DoS. Data origin authentication must be performed to thwart these types of attacks.\n\nEach client of name resolution services either performs this validation on its own or has authenticated channels to trusted validation providers. Information systems that provide name and address resolution services for local clients include, for example, recursive resolving or caching Domain Name System (DNS) servers. DNS client resolvers either perform validation of DNSSEC signatures, or clients use authenticated channels to recursive resolvers that perform such validations. Information systems that use technologies other than the DNS to map between host/service names and network addresses provide other means to enable clients to verify the authenticity of response data.\n\nThis is not applicable if DNSSEC is not implemented on the local network.",
326
+ "severity": "medium"
327
+ },
328
+ {
329
+ "id": "V-78947",
330
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP DOMAINLOOKUP statement must be properly configured.",
331
+ "description": "If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it may have come from a poisoned cache, the packets could have been intercepted without the resolver's knowledge, or resource records could have been removed, which would result in query failure or DoS. Data origin authentication must be performed to thwart these types of attacks.\n\nEach client of name resolution services either performs this validation on its own or has authenticated channels to trusted validation providers. Information systems that provide name and address resolution services for local clients include, for example, recursive resolving or caching Domain Name System (DNS) servers. DNS client resolvers either perform validation of DNSSEC signatures, or clients use authenticated channels to recursive resolvers that perform such validations. Information systems that use technologies other than the DNS to map between host/service names and network addresses provide other means to enable clients to verify the authenticity of response data.\n\nThis is not applicable if DNSSEC is not implemented on the local network.",
332
+ "severity": "medium"
333
+ },
334
+ {
335
+ "id": "V-78949",
336
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM TCP/IP NSINTERADDR statement must be present in the TCPIP DATA configuration.",
337
+ "description": "If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it may have come from a poisoned cache, the packets could have been intercepted without the resolver's knowledge, or resource records could have been removed, which would result in query failure or DoS. Data origin authentication must be performed to thwart these types of attacks.\n\nEach client of name resolution services either performs this validation on its own or has authenticated channels to trusted validation providers. Information systems that provide name and address resolution services for local clients include, for example, recursive resolving or caching Domain Name System (DNS) servers. DNS client resolvers either perform validation of DNSSEC signatures, or clients use authenticated channels to recursive resolvers that perform such validations. Information systems that use technologies other than the DNS to map between host/service names and network addresses provide other means to enable clients to verify the authenticity of response data.\n\nThis is not applicable if DNSSEC is not implemented on the local network.",
338
+ "severity": "medium"
339
+ },
340
+ {
341
+ "id": "V-78951",
342
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM CHECKSUM statement must be included in the TCP/IP configuration file.",
343
+ "description": "If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it may have come from a poisoned cache, the packets could have been intercepted without the resolver's knowledge, or resource records could have been removed which would result in query failure or denial of service. Data integrity verification must be performed to thwart these types of attacks.\n\nEach client of name resolution services either performs this validation on its own or has authenticated channels to trusted validation providers. Information systems that provide name and address resolution services for local clients include, for example, recursive resolving or caching Domain Name System (DNS) servers. DNS client resolvers either perform validation of DNSSEC signatures, or clients use authenticated channels to recursive resolvers that perform such validations.\n\nThe CHECKSUM statement is a TCP/IP configuration file statement that instructs the TCPIP virtual machine to reenable TCP checksum testing on incoming messages.",
344
+ "severity": "medium"
345
+ },
346
+ {
347
+ "id": "V-78953",
348
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM DOMAINSEARCH statement in the TCPIP DATA file must be configured with proper domain names for name resolution.",
349
+ "description": "If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it may have come from a poisoned cache, the packets could have been intercepted without the resolver's knowledge, or resource records could have been removed which would result in query failure or denial of service. Data origin authentication verification must be performed to thwart these types of attacks.\n\nEach client of name resolution services either performs this validation on its own or has authenticated channels to trusted validation providers. Information systems that provide name and address resolution services for local clients include, for example, recursive resolving or caching Domain Name System (DNS) servers. DNS client resolvers either perform validation of DNSSEC signatures, or clients use authenticated channels to recursive resolvers that perform such validations.\n\nThis is not applicable if DNSSEC is not implemented on the local network.",
350
+ "severity": "medium"
351
+ },
352
+ {
353
+ "id": "V-78955",
354
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM Privilege Classes C and E must be restricted to appropriate system administrators.",
355
+ "description": "Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or processes may gain unnecessary access to information or privileges.\n\nPrivileged functions include, for example, establishing accounts, performing system integrity checks, or administering cryptographic key management activities. Non-privileged users are individuals that do not possess appropriate authorizations. Circumventing intrusion detection and prevention mechanisms or malicious code protection mechanisms are examples of privileged functions that require protection from non-privileged users.",
356
+ "severity": "medium"
357
+ },
358
+ {
359
+ "id": "V-78957",
360
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM Privilege Class F must be restricted to service representatives and system administrators only.",
361
+ "description": "Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or processes may gain unnecessary access to information or privileges.\n\nPrivileged functions include, for example, establishing accounts, performing system integrity checks, or administering cryptographic key management activities. Non-privileged users are individuals that do not possess appropriate authorizations. Circumventing intrusion detection and prevention mechanisms or malicious code protection mechanisms are examples of privileged functions that require protection from non-privileged users.\n\nPrivilege Class F can obtain, and examine in detail, data about input and output devices connected to the z/VM system. This privilege class is reserved for IBM use only.",
362
+ "severity": "medium"
363
+ },
364
+ {
365
+ "id": "V-78959",
366
+ "title": "The IBM z/VM ANY Privilege Class must not be listed for privilege commands.",
367
+ "description": "Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or processes may gain unnecessary access to information or privileges.\n\nPrivileged functions include, for example, establishing accounts, performing system integrity checks, or administering cryptographic key management activities. Non-privileged users are individuals that do not possess appropriate authorizations. Circumventing intrusion detection and prevention mechanisms or malicious code protection mechanisms are examples of privileged functions that require protection from non-privileged users.",
368
+ "severity": "medium"
369
+ },
370
+ {
371
+ "id": "V-78961",
372
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product VMXRPI configuration file must be restricted to authorized personnel.",
373
+ "description": "Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements.\n\nConfiguration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.\n\nThe VMXRPI CONFIG file contains records that determine the activity that can occur when the Rules Facility is not available, and provides the configuration information for the Rules Facility.",
374
+ "severity": "medium"
375
+ },
376
+ {
377
+ "id": "V-78963",
378
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product DASD CONFIG file must be restricted to appropriate personnel.",
379
+ "description": "Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements.",
380
+ "severity": "medium"
381
+ },
382
+ {
383
+ "id": "V-78965",
384
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product AUTHORIZ CONFIG file must be restricted to appropriate personnel.",
385
+ "description": "Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements.\n\nConfiguration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.\n\nThe AUTHORIZ CONFIG file is used to tailor user authorizations for CA VM:Secure commands.",
386
+ "severity": "medium"
387
+ },
388
+ {
389
+ "id": "V-78967",
390
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product CONFIG file must be restricted to appropriate personnel.",
391
+ "description": "Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.",
392
+ "severity": "medium"
393
+ },
394
+ {
395
+ "id": "V-78969",
396
+ "title": "CA VM:Secure Product SFS configuration file must be restricted to appropriate personnel.",
397
+ "description": "Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements.\n\nConfiguration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.\n\nThe SFS Configuration file is used to control the addition/deletion of file pools and user storage groups.",
398
+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78971",
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+ "title": "CA VM:Secure product Rules Facility must be restricted to appropriate personnel.",
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+ "description": "Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements.\n\nConfiguration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78973",
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+ "title": "IBM z/VM must employ a Session manager.",
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+ "description": "A session manager controls the semi-permanent interactive information interchange, also known as a dialogue, between a user and z/VM. Without the use of a session manager these semi-permanent interchanges can be open to compromise and attacks.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78975",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM System administrator must develop a notification routine for account management.",
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+ "description": "Information system accounts are utilized for identifying individual users or for identifying the operating system processes themselves. In order to detect and respond to events affecting user accessibility and system processing, operating systems must not only audit vital account actions but, as required, notify the appropriate individuals so they can investigate the event. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that operating system accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78977",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM system administrator must develop routines and processes for the proper configuration and maintenance of Software.",
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+ "description": "Proper configuration management procedures for information systems provide for the proper configuration and maintenance in accordance with local policies restrictions and/or rules. Failure to properly configure and maintain system software and applications on the information system could result in a weakened security posture.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78979",
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+ "title": "IBM z/VM must be protected by an external firewall that has a deny-all, allow-by-exception policy.",
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+ "description": "Firewalls protect computers from network attacks by blocking or limiting access to open network ports. Firewalls provide monitoring and control of communications at the external boundary of an information system to prevent and detect malicious and other unauthorized communications.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78981",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM System administrator must develop routines and processes for notification in the event of audit failure.",
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+ "description": "Audit processing failures include, for example, software/hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded. Without proper notification vital audit records may be lost.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78983",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM system administrator must develop procedures maintaining information system operation in the event of anomalies.",
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+ "description": "If anomalies are not acted upon, security functions may fail to secure the system.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78985",
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+ "title": "IBM z/VM system administrator must develop procedures to manually control temporary, interactive, and emergency accounts.",
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+ "description": "Proper handling of temporary, inactive, and emergency accounts require automatic notification and action rather than at the convenience of the systems administrator. However in the absence of automated process manual procedures must be in place to assure that possible sensitive accounts are not compromised.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78987",
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+ "title": "IBM z/VM must have access to an audit reduction tool that allows for central data review and analysis.",
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+ "description": "Audit reduction is a process that manipulates collected audit information and organizes such information in a summary format that is more meaningful to analysts. Audit reduction and report generation capabilities do not always emanate from the same information system or from the same organizational entities conducting auditing activities. Audit reduction capability can include, for example, modern data mining techniques with advanced data filters to identify anomalous behavior in audit records. Audit records may at times be voluminous. Without a reduction tool crucial information may be overlooked.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78989",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM system administrator must develop and perform a procedure to validate the correct operation of security functions.",
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+ "description": "Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed. Security function is defined as the hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based. Security functionality includes, but is not limited to, establishing system accounts, configuring access authorizations (i.e., permissions, privileges), setting events to be audited, and setting intrusion detection parameters.\n\nThis requirement applies to operating systems performing security function verification/testing and/or systems and environments that require this functionality.",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78991",
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+ "title": "IBM z/VM must employ Clock synchronization software.",
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+ "description": "Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the correct time a particular event occurred on a system is critical when conducting forensic analysis and investigating system events. Sources outside the configured acceptable allowance (drift) may be inaccurate.\n\nSynchronizing internal information system clocks provides uniformity of time stamps for information systems with multiple system clocks and systems connected over a network.\n\nOrganizations should consider endpoints that may not have regular access to the authoritative time server (e.g., mobile, teleworking, and tactical endpoints).",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": "V-78993",
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+ "title": "The IBM z/VM systems requiring data at rest must employ IBMs DS8000 for full disk encryption.",
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+ "description": "Operating systems handling data requiring \"data at rest\" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure and modification of the information at rest.\n\nSelection of a cryptographic mechanism is based on the need to protect the integrity of organizational information. The strength of the mechanism is commensurate with the security category and/or classification of the information. Organizations have the flexibility to either encrypt all information on storage devices (i.e., full disk encryption) or encrypt specific data structures (e.g., files, records, or fields).",
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+ "severity": "medium"
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+ }
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+ ]
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+ }