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Splunk Enterprise 7.x for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000516-AU-000340

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

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

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

    Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When applications provide the capability to change security roles or escalate the fu...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000295-AU-000190

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000291-AU-000200

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

    Sending notifications or populating dashboards are ways to monitor and alert on applicable events and allow analysts to mitigate issues. Tier 2 CSSP and JRSS analysts perform higher-level analysis...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000065-AU-000240

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

    By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000503-AU-000280

    Group
  • Splunk Enterprise must be configured with a successful/unsuccessful logon attempts report.

    The SIEM or Central Log Server is the mitigation method for most of the other STIGs applied to an organization. Robust alerting and reporting is a key feature in any incident response plan. The ab...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000095-AU-000050

    Group

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