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EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when successful logons or connections occur.

    <VulnDiscussion>For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who/what (a user or other principal) logs on to the DBMS.<...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000503-DB-000351

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful logons or connection attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track failed attempts to log on to the DBMS. While positive identif...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000504-DB-000354

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records for all privileged activities or other system-level access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without tracking privileged activity, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000504-DB-000355

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to execute privileged activities or other system-level access occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without tracking privileged activity, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000505-DB-000352

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for user access to the database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to know how long a user's (or other principal's) connection to the DBM...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when concurrent logons/connections by the same user from different workstations occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who logs on to the DBMS. Concurrent connections by the same ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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