Control of the Tanium Client service must be restricted to SYSTEM access only for all managed clients.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The reliability of the Tanium client's ability to operate depends upon controlling access to the Tanium client service. By restricting access to SYSTEM access only, the non-Tanium system administrator will not have the ability to impact operability of the service.

ID: SV-93291r1_rule
Version: TANS-CL-000005
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-002165
Updated: 4 days ago

Remediation Templates

Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to Tanium, access the Tanium web UI and log on with CAC.

From the Dashboard, under "Client Service Hardening", click on "Control Service State Permissions".

The results will show a "Count" of clients matching the "Service Control is set to default permissions" query.
Select the result line for "Service Control is set to default permissions".

Choose "Deploy Action".

Deployment Package drop-down select "Client Service Hardening - Allow Only Local SYSTEM to Control Service".

Configure the schedule to repeat at least every hour for the requested action.

Under "Targeting Criteria", in the Action Group select "All Computers" from the drop-down.

Click on "Show preview to continue".

Non-compliant systems will be displayed at the bottom.

Click on "Deploy Action".

Verify settings.

Click on "Show Client Status Details".

Control of the Tanium Client service must be restricted to SYSTEM access only for all managed clients.

Description

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure