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Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Mainframe product must perform an integrity check of all software from vendors/sources that provide cryptographic mechanisms to enable the validation of code authenticity and integrity at startup, at transitional states as defined in site security plan or security-relevant events, or annually.

    <VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized changes to software can occur due to errors or malicious activity (e.g., tampering). Software includes, for exam...
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  • SRG-APP-000477

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  • The Mainframe Product must perform an integrity check of information as defined in site security plan at startup, at transitional states as defined in site security plan or security-relevant events, or annually.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized changes to information can occur due to errors or malicious activity (e.g., tampering). Information includes met...
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  • SRG-APP-000480

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  • The Mainframe Product must automatically shut down the information system, restart the information system, and/or implement security safeguards as conditions as defined in site security plan when integrity violations are discovered.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized changes to software, firmware, and information can occur due to errors or malicious activity (e.g., tampering). ...
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  • SRG-APP-000484

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  • The Mainframe Product must audit detected potential integrity violations.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without an audit capability, an integrity violation may not be detected. Organizations select response actions based on types...
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  • SRG-APP-000485

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  • The Mainframe Product, upon detection of a potential integrity violation, must initiate one or more of the following actions: generate an audit record, alert the current user, alert personnel or roles as defined in the site security plan, and/or perform other actions as defined in the SSP.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without an audit capability, an integrity violation may not be detected. Organizations select response actions based on types...
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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000493

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000494

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000495

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000496

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000497

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify security levels occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000498

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000499

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000500

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete security levels occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000501

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000502

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000503

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000504

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000505

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for user access to the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000506

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when concurrent logons from different workstations occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000507

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful accesses to objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000508

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records for all direct access to the information system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000509

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000510

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  • The Mainframe Product must generate audit records for all kernel module load, unload, and restart events, and for all program initiations.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-APP-000514

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  • The Mainframe Product must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to provision digital signatures in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The application mu...
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  • SRG-APP-000514

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  • The Mainframe Product must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to generate and validate cryptographic hashes in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The application mu...
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