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Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000065

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  • The Mainframe Product must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15 minute time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000073

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  • Mainframe Products scanning for malicious code must scan all media used for system maintenance prior to use.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;There are security-related issues arising from software brought into the information system specifically for diagnostic and r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000080

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  • The Mainframe Product must protect against an individual (or process acting on behalf of an individual) falsely denying having performed actions defined in the site security plan to be covered by non-repudiation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without non-repudiation, it is impossible to positively attribute an action to an individual (or process acting on behalf of ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000086

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  • For Mainframe Products providing audit record aggregation, the Mainframe Product must compile audit records from mainframe components into a system-wide audit trail that is time-correlated with a tolerance for the relationship between time stamps of individual records in the audit trail in accordance with the site security plan.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to collate records based on the time when the events occurred, the ability to perform forensic analysis a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000089

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  • The Mainframe Product must provide audit record generation capability for DoD-defined auditable events within all application components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000090

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  • The Mainframe Product must allow only the information system security manager (ISSM) or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM to select which auditable events are to be audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000091

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access privileges occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Mainframe Product must produce audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing what type of event occurred, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000096

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  • The Mainframe Product must produce audit records containing information to establish when (date and time) the events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing when events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000097

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  • The Mainframe Product must produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing where events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000098

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