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Tanium 7.x Application on TanOS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • 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.

    <VulnDiscussion>Restricting this setting limits the user's ability to change their password. Passwords need to be changed at specific policy ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000177

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must be configured for LDAP user/group synchronization to map the authenticated identity to the individual user or group account for PKI-based authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without mapping the certificate used to authenticate to the user account, the ability to determine the identity of the indivi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000180

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must uniquely identify and authenticate nonorganizational users (or processes acting on behalf of nonorganizational users).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Lack of authentication and identification enables nonorganizational users to gain access to the application or possibly other...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from information system management functionality.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application management functionality includes functions necessary for administration and requires privileged user access. All...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000226

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium Server and Client applications must have logging enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization. Fa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000246

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must restrict the ability of individuals to use information systems to launch organization-defined Denial of Service (DoS) attacks against other information systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Tanium Action Approval feature provides a two-person integrity control mechanism designed to achieve a high-level of secu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must manage bandwidth throttles to limit the effects of information flooding types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000267

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must reveal error messages only to the ISSO, ISSM, and SA.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an orga...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000270

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must employ automated mechanisms to determine the state of information system components with regard to flaw remediation using the following frequency: Continuously, where ESS is used; 30 days, for any additional internal network scans not covered by ESS; and annually, for external scans by Computer Network Defense Service Provider (CNDSP).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the use of automated mechanisms to scan for security flaws on a continuous and/or periodic basis, the system componen...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Tanium must notify SA and ISSO when accounts are created.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of re-esta...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000292

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Tanium must notify system administrators and ISSO when accounts are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When application accounts are modified, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual user...
    Rule Medium Severity

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