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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000266

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  • The operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000269

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    Group
  • In the event of a system failure, the operating system must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to mission processes.

    &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-OS-000274

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    Group
  • The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are created.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000275

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    Group
  • The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000276

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  • The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are disabled.

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

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