Multi-factor authentication must be enabled and enforced on the Tanium Server for all access and all accounts.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors). Organizational users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses, except the following. (i) Accesses explicitly identified and documented by the organization. Organizations document specific user actions that can be performed on the information system without identification or authentication; and (ii) Accesses that occur through authorized use of group authenticators without individual authentication. Organizations may require unique identification of individuals in group accounts (e.g., shared privilege accounts) or for detailed accountability of individual activity. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000080, SRG-APP-000148, SRG-APP-000149, SRG-APP-000150, SRG-APP-000151, SRG-APP-000152, SRG-APP-000156, SRG-APP-000391, SRG-APP-000392, SRG-APP-000402, SRG-APP-000403, SRG-APP-000005, SRG-APP-000004, SRG-APP-000002</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-254897r867591_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Use the vendor documentation titled "Multi-Factor Authentication" to implement correct configuration settings for this requirement.
Vendor documentation can be downloaded from the following URL: https://docs.tanium.com/platform_deployment_reference/platform_deployment_reference/smart_card_authentication.html#cac_Tanium_Appliance
1. Access the Tanium Server interactively.