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Web administration tools must be restricted to the web manager and the web manager’s designees.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

All automated information systems are at risk of data loss due to disaster or compromise. Failure to provide adequate protection to the administration tools creates risk of potential theft or damage that may ultimately compromise the mission. Adequate protection ensures that server administration operates with less risk of losses or operations outages. The key web service administrative and configuration tools must be accessible only by the authorized web server administrators. All users granted this authority must be documented and approved by the ISSO. Access to the IIS Manager will be limited to authorized users and administrators.

Property Value
Responsibility Web Administrator

ID
SV-33072r4_rule
Version
WG220 W22
Severity
Medium
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Restrict access to the httpd.conf and supporting .conf files to only the documented SA, web manager, or web manager designees.