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Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Mainframe Product must use multifactor authentication for local access to privileged accounts.

    <VulnDiscussion>To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, privileged users must use multifactor authentication to prevent ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000152

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Mainframe Product 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 use mult...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000153

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Mainframe Product must verify users are authenticated with an individual authenticator prior to using a group authenticator.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure individual accountability and prevent unauthorized access, application users must be individually identified and au...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000164

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Mainframe Product must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-APP-000166

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Mainframe Product must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000167

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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