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VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must audit all account creations.

    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 create an acco...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000023-GPOS-00006

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must display the Standard Mandatory DOD Notice and Consent Banner before granting Secure Shell (SSH) access.

    Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the operating system ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000027-GPOS-00008

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must limit the number of concurrent sessions to 10 for all accounts and/or account types.

    Operating system management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize an operating system. Limiting the number of allowed users and sessions per user is hel...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must set a session inactivity timeout of 15 minutes or less.

    A session timeout is an action taken when a session goes idle for any reason. Rather than relying on the user to manually disconnect their session prior to going idle, the Photon operating system m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000032-GPOS-00013

    Group

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