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Tanium 7.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Tanium must centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system.

    <VulnDiscussion>Successful incident response and auditing relies on timely, accurate system information and analysis in order to allow the or...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Tanium endpoint files must be excluded from on-access antivirus actions.

    <VulnDiscussion>Similar to any other host-based applications, the Tanium Client is subject to the restrictions other System-level software ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000379

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium Client Deployment Tool (CDT) must not be configured to use the psexec method of deployment.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When using the Tanium Client Deployment Tool (CDT), using psexec represents an increased vulnerability as the NTLM hash and c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Tanium must implement organization-defined automated security responses if baseline configurations are changed in an unauthorized manner.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized changes to the baseline configuration could make the system vulnerable to various attacks or allow unauthorized ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Tanium must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception (whitelist) policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Utilizing a whitelist provides a configuration management method for allowing the execution of only authorized software. Usin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000414

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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