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Splunk Enterprise 7.x for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Splunk Enterprise must only allow the use of DOD-approved certificate authorities for cryptographic functions.

    <VulnDiscussion>Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that se...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000610-AU-000050

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  • SRG-APP-000291-AU-000200

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  • Splunk Enterprise must use TLS 1.2 and SHA-2 or higher cryptographic algorithms.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. To protect ...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000141-AU-000090

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  • When Splunk Enterprise is distributed over multiple servers, each server must be configured to disable non-essential capabilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services may not be...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000118-AU-000100

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Splunk Enterprise installation directories must be secured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicio...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000516-AU-000340

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  • Splunk Enterprise forwarders must be configured with Indexer Acknowledgement enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent the loss of data during transmission, a handshake acknowledgement between the sender and the recipient may need co...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000389-AU-000180

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  • Splunk Enterprise idle session timeout must be set to not exceed 15 minutes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When applica...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000295-AU-000190

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  • Splunk Enterprise must notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) when account events are received (creation, deletion, modification, disabling).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Once an attacker establishes access to an application, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestabli...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000291-AU-000200

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  • Splunk Enterprise must notify analysts of applicable events for Tier 2 CSSP and JRSS only.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Sending notifications or populating dashboards are ways to monitor and alert on applicable events and allow analysts to mitig...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000065-AU-000240

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Splunk Enterprise must enforce the limit of 3 consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15 minute time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000503-AU-000280

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Splunk Enterprise must be configured with a successful/unsuccessful logon attempts report.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The SIEM or Central Log Server is the mitigation method for most of the other STIGs applied to an organization. Robust alerti...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000095-AU-000050

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  • The System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) must configure the retention of the log records based on the defined security plan.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If authorized individuals do not have the ability to modify auditing parameters in response to a changing threat environment,...
    Rule Low Severity
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