Microsoft Exchange 2016 Mailbox Server Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The Exchange Email Diagnostic log level must be set to the lowest level.
Log files help establish a history of activities and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjustments to improve availability. Diagnostic logging, however, characteristi...Rule Medium Severity -
Exchange Audit record parameters must be set.
Log files help establish a history of activities and can be useful in detecting attack attempts. This item declares the fields that must be available in the audit log file in order to adequately re...Rule Low Severity -
Exchange Circular Logging must be disabled.
Logging provides a history of events performed and can also provide evidence of tampering or attack. Failure to create and preserve logs adds to the risk that suspicious events may go unnoticed and...Rule Low Severity -
Exchange Queue monitoring must be configured with threshold and action.
Monitors are automated "process watchers" that respond to performance changes and can be useful in detecting outages and alerting administrators where attention is needed. Exchange has built-in mon...Rule Medium Severity -
Exchange must protect audit data against unauthorized access.
Log files help establish a history of activities and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjustments to improve availability. Audit log content must always be considere...Rule Medium Severity -
Exchange must protect audit data against unauthorized deletion.
Log files help establish a history of activities and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjustments to improve availability. Audit log content must always be considere...Rule Medium Severity -
Exchange Audit data must be on separate partitions.
Log files help establish a history of activities and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjustments to improve availability. Audit log content must always be considere...Rule Medium Severity -
Exchange Local machine policy must require signed scripts.
Scripts often provide a way for attackers to infiltrate a system, especially scripts downloaded from untrusted locations. By setting machine policy to prevent unauthorized script executions, unanti...Rule Medium Severity -
The Exchange Internet Message Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4) service must be disabled.
IMAP4 is not approved for use within the DoD. It uses a clear-text-based user name and password and does not support the DoD standard for PKI for email access. User name and password could easily b...Rule Medium Severity -
The Exchange Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) service must be disabled.
POP3 is not approved for use within the DoD. It uses a clear-text-based user name and password and does not support the DoD standard for PKI for email access. User name and password could easily be...Rule Medium Severity
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