IBM RACF DASD Management USERIDs must be properly controlled.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-approved PKIs, all DoD systems (e.g., web servers and web portals) must be properly configured to incorporate access control methods that do not rely solely on the possession of a certificate for access. Successful authentication must not automatically give an entity access to an asset or security boundary. Authorization procedures and controls must be implemented to ensure each authenticated entity also has a validated and current authorization. Authorization is the process of determining whether an entity, once authenticated, is permitted to access a specific asset. Information systems use access control policies and enforcement mechanisms to implement this requirement.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-223732r958472_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Note: This applies to non-SMS volumes. Refer to the System Managed Storage group (i.e., ZSMSnnnn) for requirements for System managed Storage.
Evaluate the impact of accomplishing the change. Develop a plan of action and implement the change as required.
Ensure that storage management userids do not possess the "OPERATIONS" attribute. A sample command to accomplish this is shown here:
ALU <userid> NOOPERATIONS