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Trellix Application Control 8.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The use of a Solidcore 8.x local Command Line Interface (CLI) Access Password must be documented in the organizations written policy.

    The Solidcore client can be configured locally at the CLI, but only when accessed with the required password. Since the Trellix Application Control configuration is to be managed by ePO policies, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Solidcore client Command Line Interface (CLI) Access Password protection process must be documented in the organizations written policy.

    The Solidcore client can be configured locally at the CLI, but only when accessed with the required password. Since the Trellix Application Control configuration is to be managed by ePO policies, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The organizations written policy must include a process for how whitelisted applications are deemed to be allowed.

    Enabling application whitelisting without adequate design and organization-specific requirements will either result in an implementation which is too relaxed or an implementation which causes denia...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Solidcore client Command Line Interface (CLI) must be in lockdown mode.

    By default, when an endpoint's Solidcore installation is managed by the ePO server, the CLI will automatically be in lockdown mode. This will ensure the endpoint receives all of its Solidcore confi...
    Rule High Severity
  • The organization-specific Rules policy must only include executable and dll files that are associated with applications as allowed by the organizations written policy.

    To ensure Solidcore clients are only configured to STIG and organization-specific settings, organization-specific ePO policies must be applied to all organization workstation endpoints. The Trelli...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Trellix Application Control Options Reputation setting must be configured to use the Trellix Global Threat Intelligence (Trellix GTI) option.

    If a Threat Intelligence Exchange (TIE) server is being used in the organization, reputation for files and certificates is fetched from the TIE server. The reputation values control execution at en...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Trellix Application Control Options policies Enforce feature control memory protection must be enabled.

    By default, the Trellix Application Control prevents installation of ActiveX controls on endpoints, enforces memory protection techniques on endpoints, and prevents MSI-installers from running on e...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Trellix Application Control Options Inventory interval option must be configured to pull inventory from endpoints on a regular basis not to exceed seven days.

    When Trellix Application Control is deployed on a system, it creates a whitelist of all executable binaries and scripts present on the system. The whitelist contains all authorized files, and only ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • A copy of the Trellix Default Rules policy must be part of the effective rules policy applied to every endpoint.

    To ensure Solidcore clients are only configured to STIG and organization-specific settings, an organization-specific ePO policies must be applied to all organization workstation endpoints. The Tre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Trellix Application Control Options policy End User Notification, if configured by organization, must have all default variables replaced with the organization-specific data.

    The "User Message" option will show a dialog box when an event is detected and display the organization-specified text in the message.
    Rule Medium Severity

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