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Cloud Computing Mission Owner Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000023

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  • The Mission Owner must configure the cloud service offering (CSO)-provided customer logon banner to display the Standard Mandatory DOD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to users that must log on.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the operating system ensures privacy and se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000096

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  • The Mission Owner must configure the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)/Platform as a Service (PaaS) to prohibit or restrict the use of functions, ports, protocols, and/or services.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embeddi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104

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  • The cloud service offering (CSO) must be configured to use DOD public key infrastructure (PKI) to uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000342

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  • The Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)/Platform as a Service (PaaS) must perform centralized logging to capture and store log records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protection of log data includes ensuring log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Backing up audit records to a differen...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368

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  • For Impact Levels 4 and 5, the Mission Owner must register all cloud-based services, their CSP/CSO, and connection method in the DISA Systems/Network Approval Process (SNAP) database Cloud Module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Register all cloud-based systems and applications, including the cloud service provider (CSP)/cloud service offering (CSO) na...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368

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  • For Impact Level 6, the Mission Owner must process connection approval to the SIPRNet through the DISA classified connection approval process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD Mission Owner systems/applications instantiated in these Impact Level 6 CSO enclaves will be assessed and authorized ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368

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  • The Mission Owner of the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)/Platform as a Service (PaaS) must remove orphaned or unused virtual machine (VM) instances.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Control of program execution is a mechanism used to prevent execution of unauthorized programs. Some VMs may provide a capabi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000370

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  • The Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)/Platform as a Service (PaaS)/Software as a Service (SaaS) must register the service/application with the DOD DMZ/IAP allowlist for internet-facing inbound and outbound traffic.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Register the service/application with the DOD DMZ/IAP allowlist for both inbound and outbound traffic if traffic will cross t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000404

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  • For storage service offerings, the Mission Owner must configure or ensure the cloud instance uses encryption to protect all DOD files housed in the cloud instance.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Mission systems at all Impact Levels must have the capability for DOD data to be encrypted at rest with exclusive DOD control...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000438

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  • The Mission Owner of the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS) must remove all upgraded or replaced software and firmware components that are no longer required for operation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Adversaries may exploit previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updat...
    Rule Medium Severity

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