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Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Exchange must have Administrator audit logging enabled.

    Unauthorized or malicious data changes can compromise the integrity and usefulness of the data. Automated attacks or malicious users with elevated privileges have the ability to effect change using...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Exchange Connectivity logging must be enabled.

    A connectivity log is a record of the SMTP connection activity of the outbound message delivery queues to the destination Mailbox server, smart host, or domain. Connectivity logging is available on...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Exchange Email Diagnostic log level must be set to the 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
  • Exchange 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 mon...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Exchange must protect audit data against unauthorized read access.

    Log files help establish a history of activities and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjustments to improve availability. Audit log content must always be considere...
    Rule Medium Severity

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