IBM MQ Appliance v9.0 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-APP-000174-NDM-000261
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SRG-APP-000023-NDM-000205
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SRG-APP-000025-NDM-000207
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The MQ Appliance network device access must automatically disable accounts after a 35-day period of account inactivity.
Since the accounts in the MQ Appliance network device are privileged or system-level accounts, account management is vital to the security of the MQ Appliance network device. Inactive accounts coul...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000065-NDM-000214
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The MQ Appliance network device must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15-minute time period.
By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute forcing, is reduced.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000068-NDM-000215
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SRG-APP-000079-NDM-000219
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The MQ Appliance network device must notify the administrator of changes to access and/or privilege parameters of the administrator account that occurred since the last logon.
Providing administrators with information regarding security-related changes to their account allows them to determine if any unauthorized activity has occurred. Changes to the account could be an ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000080-NDM-000220
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SRG-APP-000108-NDM-000232
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The MQ Appliance network device must alert the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and System Administrator (SA) (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-000125-NDM-000241
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SRG-APP-000148-NDM-000246
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The MQ Appliance network device must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational administrators (or processes acting on behalf of organizational administrators).
To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access to the MQ Appliance, organizational administrators must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all network management accesses to p...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000148-NDM-000346
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SRG-APP-000149-NDM-000247
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The MQ Appliance network device must use multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts.
Multifactor authentication requires using two or more factors to achieve authenticated access to the MQ Appliance. Factors include: (i) something a user knows (e.g., password/PIN); (ii) somethin...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000156-NDM-000250
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When connecting to the MQ Appliance network device using the WebGUI, it must implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.
A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the MQ Appliance. Authentication sessions between the authenticator and the application validating the user credentials must not be...Rule Medium Severity
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