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Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Mainframe Product must accept Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM)-approved third-party credentials.

    <VulnDiscussion>Access may be denied to legitimate users if FICAM-approved third-party credentials are not accepted. This requirement typic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000405

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    Group
  • The Mainframe Product must conform to Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM)-issued profiles.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without conforming to FICAM-issued profiles, the information system may not be interoperable with FICAM-authentication protoc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000409

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    Group
  • Mainframe Products must audit nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions audit events as defined in site security plan.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If events associated with nonlocal administrative access or diagnostic sessions are not logged and audited, a major tool for ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000411

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    Group
  • Mainframe Products must implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Privileged access contains control and configuration information which is particularly sensitive, so additional protections a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000412

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    Group
  • Mainframe Products must implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Privileged access contains control and configuration information which is particularly sensitive, so additional protections a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000413

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    Group
  • The Mainframe Product must implement privileged access authorization to all information systems and infrastructure components for selected vulnerability scanning activities as defined in the site security plan.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In certain situations, the nature of the vulnerability scanning may be more intrusive, or the information system component th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000428

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    Group
  • The Mainframe Product must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of all information not cleared for public release at rest on system components outside of organization facilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000429

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    Group
  • The Mainframe Product must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure of all information not cleared for public release at rest on system components outside of organization facilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000431

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    Group
  • The Mainframe Product must maintain a separate execution domain for each executing process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications can maintain separate execution domains for each executing process by assigning each process a separate address ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000447

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    Group
  • The Mainframe Product must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives when invalid inputs are received.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A common vulnerability of applications is unpredictable behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards ag...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000450

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    Group

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