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IBM z/OS RACF Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Expired digital certificates must not be used.

    <VulnDiscussion>The longer and more often a key is used, the more susceptible it is to loss or discovery. This weakens the assurance provided...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • All digital certificates in use must have a valid path to a trusted certification authority (CA).

    <VulnDiscussion>The origin of a certificate, or the CA, is crucial in determining if the certificate should be trusted. An approved CA establ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • IBM RACF must limit Write or greater access to SYS1.NUCLEUS to system programmers only.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This data set contains a large portion of the system initialization (IPL) programs and pointers to the master and alternate m...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • IBM RACF must limit Write or greater access to libraries that contain PPT modules to system programmers only.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Specific PPT designated program modules possess significant security bypass capabilities. Unauthorized access could result in...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000123-GPOS-00064

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • IBM RACF emergency USERIDs must be properly defined.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Emergency accounts are privileged accounts that are established in response to crisis situations where the need for rapid acc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • IBM RACF SETROPTS LOGOPTIONS must be properly configured.

    &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

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