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Database Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000001

    Group
  • The DBMS must limit the number of concurrent sessions to an organization-defined number per user for all accounts and/or account types.

    Database management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions utilizing a DBMS. Unlimited concurrent connections to the DBMS could allow a successful Denial of Service (...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000023

    Group
  • The DBMS must integrate with an organization-level authentication/access mechanism providing account management and automation for all users, groups, roles, and any other principals.

    Enterprise environments make account management for applications and databases challenging and complex. A manual process for account management functions adds the risk of a potential oversight or o...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000033

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000080

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000089

    Group
  • The DBMS must provide audit record generation capability for DoD-defined auditable events within all DBMS/database components.

    Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit re...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000090

    Group
  • The DBMS must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.

    Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel may be able to prevent or interfere with the auditing of critical events. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000091

    Group
  • The DBMS must be able to generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved.

    Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, it must be possible to configure auditing to do this. DBMSs typically mak...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000091

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000092

    Group
  • The DBMS must initiate session auditing upon startup.

    Session auditing is for use when a user's activities are under investigation. To be sure of capturing all activity during those periods when session auditing is in use, it needs to be in operation ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000095

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000096

    Group
  • The DBMS must produce audit records containing time stamps to establish when the events occurred.

    Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing when events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events re...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000097

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000098

    Group

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