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The Tanium application must accept Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials from other federal agencies.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Access may be denied to authorized users if federal agency PIV credentials are not accepted. PIV credentials are issued by federal agencies and conform to FIPS Publication 201 and supporting guidance documents. OMB Memorandum 11-11 requires federal agencies to continue implementing the requirements specified in HSPD-12 to enable agencywide use of PIV credentials.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-253800r850237_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Use the vendor documentation titled "Smart card 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?Highlight=cac

1. Access the Tanium Server.