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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are modified.

    Once 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 modify an exi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are disabled.

    When operating system accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual operating system users or for identifying the operating system processe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are removed.

    When operating system accounts are removed, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual operating system users or for identifying the operating system processes...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The operating system must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit tools.

    Protecting the integrity of the tools used for auditing purposes is a critical step toward ensuring the integrity of audit information. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit recor...
    Rule High Severity
  • The operating system must automatically terminate a user session after inactivity time-outs have expired or at shutdown.

    Automatic session termination addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of network connections that are associated with communications sessions (i....
    Rule Medium Severity

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