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Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The application must off-load audit records onto a different system or media than the system being audited.

    <VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. In addition, attackers ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000515

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must be configured to write application logs to a centralized log repository.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. In addition, attackers ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The application must provide an immediate warning to the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75% of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If security personnel are not notified immediately upon storage volume utilization reaching 75%, they are unable to plan for ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000360

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Applications categorized as having a moderate or high impact must provide an immediate real-time alert to the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) for all audit failure events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications that are categorized as having a high or moderate impact on the organization must provide immediate alerts when ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000108

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must alert the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000109

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must shut down by default upon audit failure (unless availability is an overriding concern).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when the application is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it take action to mitigate ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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