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Database Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The DBMS must protect nonlocal maintenance sessions by separating the maintenance session from other network sessions with the system by logically separated communications paths.

    Nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are conducted by individuals who communicate through either an external or internal network. Communications paths can be logically separated using enc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The DBMS must provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store.

    A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is an example of a hardware-protected data store that can be used to protect cryptographic keys.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The DBMS must synchronize system clocks within and between systems or system components.

    Time synchronization of system clocks is essential for the correct execution of many system services, including identification and authentication processes that involve certificates and time-of-day...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The DBMS must compare the internal system clocks on an organization-defined frequency with organization-defined authoritative time source.

    Synchronization of internal system clocks with an authoritative source provides uniformity of time stamps for systems with multiple system clocks and systems connected over a network.
    Rule Medium Severity

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