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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 a minimum 15-character password length.

    <VulnDiscussion>The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000079

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    Group
  • The operating system must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent the compromise of authentication information, such as passwords during the authentication process, the feedback fr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095

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    Group
  • The operating system must be configured to disable non-essential capabilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000096

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    Group
  • The operating system must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The operating system must uniquely identify and must authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000105

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    Group
  • The operating system must use multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000106

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must use multifactor authentication for network access to non-privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, non-privileged users must utilize multifactor authentication to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000107

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must use multifactor authentication for local access to privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, privileged users must utilize multifactor authentication to prev...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000108

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    Group
  • SRG-OS-000240

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must use multifactor authentication for local access to nonprivileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability, prevent unauthenticated access, and prevent misuse of the system, nonprivileged users must utilize ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000109

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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