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Container Platform Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The container platform must notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) of account enabling actions.

    <VulnDiscussion>Once an attacker establishes access to an application, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of re-establ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000340

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Controlling what users can perform privileged functions prevents unauthorized users from performing tasks that may expose dat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000342

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Container images instantiated by the container platform must execute using least privileges.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Containers running within the container platform must execute as non-privileged. When a container can execute as a privileged...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000343

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must audit the execution of privileged functions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Privileged functions within the container platform can be component specific or can envelope the entire container platform. B...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000345

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful login attempts in 15 minutes are exceeded.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must provide the configuration for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed on all components, based on all selectable event criteria within organization-defined time thresholds.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Auditing requirements may change per organization or situation within and organization. With the container platform allowing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000357

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000378

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to ensure applications have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, applications need to be ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000358

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Audit records must be stored at a secondary location.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Auditable events are used in the investigation of incidents and must be protected from being deleted or altered. Often, event...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000359

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must provide an immediate warning to the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

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

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must provide an immediate real-time alert to the SA and ISSO, at a minimum, of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.

    &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

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