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IBM z/OS RACF Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043

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  • The IBM RACF SETROPTS PASSWORD(MINCHANGE) value must be set to 1.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044

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    Group
  • IBM RACF SETROPTS PASSWORD(INTERVAL) must be set to 60 days.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The IBM RACF PASSWORD(HISTORY) SETROPTS value must be set to five or more.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • NIST FIPS-validated cryptography must be used to protect passwords in the security database.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the pass...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

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    Group
  • The IBM RACF ERASE ALL SETROPTS value must be set to ERASE(ALL) on all systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing unauthorized information transfers mitigates the risk of information, including encrypted representations of infor...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • IBM RACF DASD Management USERIDs must be properly controlled.

    &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

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