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Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000097

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  • The Mainframe Product must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.

    Without establishing where events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment, and provi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000098

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000099

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  • SRG-APP-000100

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records containing information to establish the identity of any individual or process associated with the event.

    Without information that establishes the identity of the subjects (i.e., users or processes acting on behalf of users) associated with the events, security personnel cannot determine responsibility...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000101

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000108

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  • The Mainframe Product must alert the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.

    It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000111

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  • SRG-APP-000112

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  • SRG-APP-000115

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  • The Mainframe Products must provide the capability to filter audit records for events of interest as defined in site security plan.

    The ability to specify the event criteria that are of interest provides the persons reviewing the logs with the ability to quickly isolate and identify these events without having to review entries...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000116

    Group
  • The Mainframe Products must use internal system clocks to generate time stamps for audit records.

    Without an internal clock used as the reference for the time stored on each event to provide a trusted common reference for the time, forensic analysis would be impeded. Determining the correct tim...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000118

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  • SRG-APP-000119

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  • SRG-APP-000120

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  • The Mainframe Product must protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.

    If audit data were to become compromised, then forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is impossible to achieve. To ensure the veracity of audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000121

    Group

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