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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete security objects occur.

    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 in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The operating system must generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access.

    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 in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The operating system must generate audit records for all kernel module load, unload, and restart actions, and also for all program initiations.

    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 in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The operating system must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography for the following: to provision digital signatures, to generate cryptographic hashes, and to protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.

    Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The operating system must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher stand...
    Rule High Severity
  • The operating system must enforce a delay of at least 4 seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

    Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain access to an account.
    Rule Medium Severity

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