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XCCDF
PostgreSQL 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000506-DB-000353
SRG-APP-000506-DB-000353
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-APP-000506-DB-000353
1 Rule
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PostgreSQL must generate audit records when concurrent logons/connections by the same user from different workstations occur.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who logs on to PostgreSQL. Concurrent connections by the same user from multiple workstations may be valid use of the system; or such connections may be due to improper circumvention of the requirement to use the CAC for authentication; or they may indicate unauthorized account sharing; or they may be because an account has been compromised. (If the fact of multiple, concurrent logons by a given user can be reliably reconstructed from the log entries for other events (logons/connections; voluntary and involuntary disconnections), then it is not mandatory to create additional log entries specifically for this.)</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>