IBM DataPower ALG Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The DataPower Gateway providing user authentication intermediary services must conform to FICAM-issued profiles.
Without conforming to Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM)-issued profiles, the information system may not be interoperable with FICAM-authentication protocols, such as SAML ...Rule Medium Severity -
The DataPower Gateway providing content filtering must protect against known and unknown types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing rate-based attack prevention behavior analysis (traffic thresholds).
If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation of content filtering gateways and application layer firewalls at key bo...Rule High Severity -
The DataPower Gateway providing content filtering must protect against known types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing signatures.
If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation of content filtering gateways and application layer firewalls at key b...Rule Medium Severity -
The DataPower Gateway must only allow incoming communications from organization-defined authorized sources routed to organization-defined authorized destinations.
Unrestricted traffic may contain malicious traffic which poses a threat to an enclave or to other connected networks. Additionally, unrestricted traffic may transit a network, which uses bandwidth ...Rule Medium Severity -
The DataPower Gateway providing content filtering must continuously monitor inbound communications traffic crossing internal security boundaries for unusual or unauthorized activities or conditions.
If inbound communications traffic is not continuously monitored, hostile activity may not be detected and prevented. Output from application and traffic monitoring serves as input to continuous mon...Rule Medium Severity -
The DataPower Gateway providing content filtering must generate an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSO and ISSM when root level intrusion events which provide unauthorized privileged access are detected.
Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information. The ALG generates...Rule Medium Severity -
The DataPower Gateway providing content filtering must generate an alert to, at a minimum, the ISSO and ISSM when user level intrusions which provide non-privileged access are detected.
Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information. The ALG generates...Rule Medium Severity -
The DataPower Gateway must check the validity of all data inputs except those specifically identified by the organization.
Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into an application's data entry fields and the application is unprepared to process that data. This results in unanticipated applic...Rule Medium Severity -
The DataPower Gateway providing encryption intermediary services must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography for digital signatures.
Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The network element must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standa...Rule Medium Severity -
The DataPower Gateway must not use 0.0.0.0 as a listening IP address for any service.
Using 0.0.0.0 as a listening address allows all interfaces to receive traffic for the service. This creates an unnecessary exposure when services are configured to listen on this address.Rule Medium Severity
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