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Forescout must reveal error messages only to the Information System Security Officer (ISSO), Information System Security Manager (ISSM), and System Administrator (SA). This is required for compliance with C2C Step 1.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Ensuring the proper amount of information is provided to the Security Management staff is imperative to ensure role based access control. Only those individuals that need to know about a security error of an application need to be notified of the error.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-233328r811406_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Use the Forescout Administrator UI to configure the individuals authorized by the SSP to receive error messages.

1. Log on to the Forescout UI.
2. Within the highlighted policy, under the Actions section, select "Add" or "Edit".
3. Find the Notify section and select from any one of the below options for notifying authorized (IAW SSP) personnel:
- HTTP Notification