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MS SQL Server 2014 Instance Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SQL Server must produce Trace or Audit records containing sufficient information to establish the sources (origins) of the events.

    <VulnDiscussion>Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Audit record content which may be necessar...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000099-DB-000043

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000001-DB-000031

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The audit information produced by SQL Server must be protected from unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000119-DB-000060

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The number of concurrent SQL Server sessions for each system account must be limited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A variety of technologies exist to limit or, in some cases, eliminate the effects of DoS attacks. For example, boundary prote...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000033-DB-000084

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to server-level system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authentication with a DoD-approved PKI certificate does not necessarily imply authorization to access the SQL Server instance...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000092

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SQL Server default account [sa] must have its name changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SQL Server's [sa] account has special privileges required to administer the database. The [sa] account is a well-known SQL Se...
    Rule Low Severity

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