CA 1 Tape Management system password will be changed from the default.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

CA 1 Tape Management default system password is common with all CA 1 systems. With this password, CA 1 tape processing can be deactivated. This could allow for unauthorized access to information stored on tape volumes and the CA 1 Tape Management Catalog (TMC). The result may threaten the integrity and availability of the CA 1 Tape Management System, and compromise the confidentiality of customer data.

ID: SV-224636r1041375_rule
Version: ZCA10041
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000381
Updated: 7 days ago

Remediation Templates

The systems programmer/ISSO will ensure that the CA 1 system password is changed from the vendor default system password.

Verify upon installation that the password is not the same as the default password and user distributed with the original installation default.

For r11.5 and below refer to offset x'18' from the beginning of module TMSTMVT.
For r12.0 and above refer to the SHUTDWN option specified in the TMOOPTxx. The TMOOPTxx member is specified in the TMOSYSxx member in the data set allocated by the TMSPARM DD statement in the TMSINIT STC.

NOTE: The default system password for CA 1 provided by CA is CA1(TMS). The default system passwords provided by SSO are SSOCA1DF and SSOC@1DF.

CA 1 Tape Management system password will be changed from the default.

Description

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure