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Tanium 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must provide an immediate real-time alert to the system administrator and information system security officer, at a minimum, of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000378

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must manage bandwidth throttles to limit the effects of information flooding types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000266

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must generate error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any application providing too much information in error messages risks compromising the data and security of the application ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000267

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must reveal error messages only to the information system security officer (ISSO), information system security manager (ISSM), and system administrator (SA).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only authorized personnel must be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an organi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000357

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure applications have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, applications must be able to allo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000358

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must offload audit records onto a different system or media than the system being audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Offloading is a common ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Tanium application must prohibit user installation of software without explicit privileged status.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing regular users to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malici...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000380

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to application configuration.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to application configuration may have significant effe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception (allowlist) policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using an allowlist provides a configuration management method for allowing the execution of only authorized software. Using o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000391

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium application must accept Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of PIV credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the risk of unauthorized access. DoD has mandated the use...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000392

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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