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Tanium 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium Server for Server-to-Module Server communications.

    <VulnDiscussion>The Tanium Module Server is used to extend the functionality of Tanium through the use of various workbenches. The Tanium Mod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000383

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Content providers must provide their public key to the Tanium administrator to import for validating signed content.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A Tanium Sensor, also called content, enables an organization to gather real-time inventory, configuration, and compliance da...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000015

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Tanium public keys of content providers must be validated against documented trusted content providers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A Tanium Sensor, also called content, enables an organization to gather real-time inventory, configuration, and compliance da...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000033

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium Action Approval feature must be enabled for two-person integrity when deploying actions to endpoints.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Tanium Action Approval feature provides a two-person integrity control mechanism designed to achieve a high level of secu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000039

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium documentation identifying recognized and trusted indicator of compromise (IOC) streams must be maintained.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using trusted and recognized IOC sources may detect compromise and prevent systems from becoming compromised. An IOC stream i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000039

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Tanium Threat Response must be configured to receive IOC streams only from trusted sources.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using trusted and recognized IOC sources may detect compromise and prevent systems from becoming compromised. An IOC stream i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000115

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium applications must be configured to filter audit records for events of interest based on organization-defined criteria.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ability to specify the event criteria that are of interest enables those reviewing the logs to quickly isolate and identi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000131

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium cryptographic signing capabilities must be enabled on the Tanium Server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;All of Tanium's signing capabilities should be enabled upon install. Tanium supports the cryptographic signing and verificati...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000131

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Tanium Server must be configured to allow only signed content to be imported.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the application. Verifying softwar...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • All installation files originally downloaded to the Tanium Server must be configured to download to a location other than the Tanium Server directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Typically, the Tanium Server stores the Package Source Files that it downloads from the internet and server shares or files u...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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