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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • 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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    Group
  • 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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are created.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • The operating system must notify system administrators and ISSOs when accounts are removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • The operating system must provide a logoff capability for user-initiated communications sessions when requiring user access authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • The operating system must display an explicit logoff message to users indicating the reliable termination of authenticated communications sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • The operating system must control remote access methods.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote access services, such as those providing remote access to network devices and information systems, which lack automate...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000298

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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