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Tanium 7.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000121

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    Group
  • The Tanium Server must protect audit tools from unauthorized access, modification, or deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, pro...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000131

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    Group
  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium module server to allow Server-to-Module Server communications from the Tanium Server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Tanium Module Server is used to extend the functionality of Tanium through the use of various workbenches. The Tanium Mod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Tanium Server must be configured to only allow signed content to be imported.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the application. Verifying softwar...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133

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    Group
  • All installation files originally downloaded to the Tanium Server must be configured to download to a location other than the Tanium Server directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Typically, the Tanium Server stores the Package Source Files that it downloads from the Internet and server shares or files u...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142

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    Group
  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium Server for Client-to-Server communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In addition to the client-to-server TCP communication that takes place over port 17472, Tanium Clients also communicate to ot...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142

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    Group
  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium Zone Server for Client-to-Zone Server communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In customer environments using the Tanium Zone Server, a Tanium Client may be configured to point to a Zone Server instead of...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142

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    Group
  • The Tanium Server must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of organization-defined functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Tanium Server certificates must have Extended Key Usage entries for the serverAuth object TLS Web Server Authentication and the clientAuth object TLS Web Client Authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during reception including, for example, durin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000176

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    Group
  • The Tanium Server certificate and private/public keys directory must be protected with appropriate permissions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the private key is discovered, an attacker can use the key to authenticate as an authorized user and gain access to the ne...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211

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    Group
  • The Tanium Module server must be installed on a separate system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized access to the Tanium Server is protected by disabling the Module Server service on the Tanium Server and by conf...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000328

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    Group
  • The Tanium Server directory must be restricted with appropriate permissions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have di...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000328

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    Group
  • The Tanium Server http directory and sub-directories must be restricted with appropriate permissions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have di...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The permissions on the Tanium Server registry keys must be restricted to only the Tanium service account and the [Tanium Admins] group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have di...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000328

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    Group
  • The Tanium Server Logs and TDL_Logs directories must be restricted with appropriate permissions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have di...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000340

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    Group
  • All Active Directory accounts synchronized with Tanium for non-privileged functions must be non-privileged domain accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Tanium has the ability to synchronize with Active Directory for Tanium account management. Tanium advises that all replicated...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000358

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    Group
  • A Tanium connector must be configured to send log data to an external audit log reduction-capable system and provide alerts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;While the Tanium Server records audit log entries to the Tanium SQL database, retrieval and aggregation of log data through t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000377

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    Group
  • File integrity monitoring of critical executables that Tanium uses must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Tanium inherently watches files and their respective hash values for change but while Tanium can do file integrity checks of ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000383

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    Group
  • SRG-APP-000383

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    Group
  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium Server for Server-to-Module Server communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Tanium Module Server is used to extend the functionality of Tanium through the use of various workbenches. The Tanium Mod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000383

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    Group
  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium Server for Server-to-Zone Server communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If you are using the Tanium Zone Server to proxy traffic from Tanium-managed computers on less trusted network segments to th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000416

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    Group
  • The SSLHonorCipherOrder must be configured to disable weak encryption algorithms on the Tanium Server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The application mu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000427

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    Group
  • The Tanium Server certificate must be signed by a DoD Certificate Authority.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Tanium Server has the option to use a "self-signed" certificate or a Trusted Certificate Authority signed certificate for...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000442

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    Group
  • Any Tanium configured EMAIL RESULTS connectors must be configured to enable TLS/SSL to encrypt communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission including,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

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    Group
  • Tanium Server files must be excluded from on-access antivirus actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Similar to any other host-based applications, the Tanium Server is subject to the restrictions other System-level software ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000068

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    Group
  • The Tanium Server console must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to The Tanium Server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Display of the DoD-approved use notification before granting access to the application ensures privacy and security notificat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000069

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    Group
  • The Tanium Server console must be configured to retain the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users acknowledge the usage conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The banner must be acknowledged by the user prior to allowing the user access to the application. This provides assurance tha...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

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    Group
  • Tanium Server files must be protected from file encryption actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Similar to any other host-based applications, the Tanium Server is subject to the restrictions other System-level software ma...
    Rule Medium Severity

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