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IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • HMC0185

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    Group
  • Audit records content must contain valid information to allow for proper incident reporting.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The content of audit data must validate that the information contains: User IDs Successful and unsuccessful attempts to acc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • HMC0210

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    Group
  • Product engineering access to the Hardware Management Console must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Hardware Management Console has a built-in feature that allows Product Engineers access to the console. With access autho...
    Rule High Severity
  • HMC0220

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    Group
  • Connection to the Internet for IBM remote support must be in compliance with the Remote Access STIGs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to securely connect to remote sites can leave systems open to multiple attacks and security violations through the ne...
    Rule High Severity
  • HMC0135

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    Group
  • The manufacturer’s default passwords must be changed for all Hardware Management Console (HMC) Management software.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The changing of passwords from the HMC default values, blocks malicious users with knowledge of these default passwords, from...
    Rule High Severity

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