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Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000047

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  • The VMM must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The VMM must shut down by default upon audit failure (unless availability is an overriding concern).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when the VMM is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it take action to mitigate the fail...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000051

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  • The VMM must support the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt; Successful incident response and auditing relies on timely, accurate system information and analysis in order to allow the o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000054

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  • The VMM must support the capability to filter audit records for events of interest based upon all audit fields within audit records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ability to specify the event criteria that are of interest provides the individuals reviewing the logs with the ability t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000055

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    Group
  • The VMM must use internal system clocks to generate time stamps for audit records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt; Without an internal clock used as the reference for the time stored on each event to provide a trusted common reference for ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057

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    Group

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