MS Exchange 2010 Edge Transport Server STIG
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Internal Send Connectors must require encryption.
The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) connector is used by Exchange to send and receive messages from server to server. There are several controls that work together to provide security between ...Rule Medium Severity -
Email Diagnostic log level must be set to low or lowest level.
Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjustments to improve availability. Diagnostic logging, however, characterist...Rule Medium Severity -
The Send Fatal Errors to Microsoft must be disabled.
Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjustments to improve availability. This setting enables an automated log e...Rule Medium Severity -
Queue monitoring must be configured with threshold and action.
Monitors are automated “process watchers” that respond to performance changes, and can be useful in detecting outages and alerting administrators where attention is needed. Exchange has built-in mo...Rule Medium Severity -
Email software must be monitored for change on INFOCON frequency schedule.
The INFOCON system provides a framework within which the Commander USSTRATCOM regional commanders, service chiefs, base/post/camp/station/vessel commanders, or agency directors can increase the mea...Rule Medium Severity -
Email application must not share a partition with another application.
In the same way that added security layers can provide a cumulative positive effect on security posture, multiple applications can provide a cumulative negative effect. A vulnerability and subseque...Rule Medium Severity -
Global outbound message size must be controlled.
Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. Message size limits should be set to 10 megabytes at most, but often are smaller, depending...Rule Low Severity -
Block list service provider must be identified.
Block List filtering is a sanitization process performed on email messages prior to their arrival at the destination mailbox. By performing this process at the email perimeter, threats can be elim...Rule Medium Severity -
Attachment filtering must remove undesirable attachments by file type.
By performing filtering at the perimeter, up to 90 percent of spam, malware, and other undesirable messages are eliminated from the message stream rather than admitting them into the mail server en...Rule Medium Severity -
Messages with blank sender field must be filtered.
By performing filtering at the perimeter, up to 90% of SPAM, malware, and other undesirable messages are eliminated from the message stream rather than admitting them into the mail server environme...Rule Medium Severity
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