General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity o...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000269
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In the event of a system failure, the operating system must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to mission processes.
<VulnDiscussion>Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization. Fa...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000274
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The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are created.
<VulnDiscussion>Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000275
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The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are modified.
<VulnDiscussion>Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000276
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The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>When operating system accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000277
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The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are removed.
<VulnDiscussion>When operating system accounts are removed, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual ...Rule Medium Severity -
The operating system must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit tools.
<VulnDiscussion>Protecting the integrity of the tools used for auditing purposes is a critical step toward ensuring the integrity of audit in...Rule High Severity -
The operating system must automatically terminate a user session after inactivity time-outs have expired or at shutdown.
<VulnDiscussion>Automatic session termination addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000280
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The operating system must provide a logoff capability for user-initiated communications sessions when requiring user access authentication.
<VulnDiscussion>If a user cannot explicitly end an operating system session, the session may remain open and be exploited by an attacker; thi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000281
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The operating system must display an explicit logoff message to users indicating the reliable termination of authenticated communications sessions.
<VulnDiscussion>If a user cannot explicitly end an operating system session, the session may remain open and be exploited by an attacker; thi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000297
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The operating system must control remote access methods.
<VulnDiscussion>Remote access services, such as those providing remote access to network devices and information systems, which lack automate...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000298
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