General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The operating system must accept Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.
<VulnDiscussion>The use of PIV credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the risk of unauthorized access. DoD has mandated the use...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000377
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The operating system must electronically verify Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.
<VulnDiscussion>The use of PIV credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the risk of unauthorized access. DoD has mandated the use...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000378
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The operating system must authenticate peripherals before establishing a connection.
<VulnDiscussion>Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000379
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The operating system must produce audit records containing the individual identities of group account users.
<VulnDiscussion>Reconstruction of harmful events or forensic analysis is not possible if audit records do not contain enough information. At...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000046
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SRG-OS-000078
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SRG-OS-000104
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SRG-OS-000279
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The operating system must define default permissions for all authenticated users in such a way that the user can only read and modify their own files.
<VulnDiscussion>Setting the most restrictive default permissions ensures that when new accounts are created they do not have unnecessary acce...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480
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The operating system must not allow an unattended or automatic logon to the system.
<VulnDiscussion>Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts operating system security.</VulnDiscussion>...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000480
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SRG-OS-000366
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SRG-OS-000021
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The operating system must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15-minute time period.
<VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000023
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SRG-OS-000038
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