Tanium endpoint files must be excluded from host-based intrusion prevention system (HIPS) intervention.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Similar to any other host-based applications, the Tanium Client is subject to the restrictions other system-level software may place on an operating environment. Antivirus, intrusion prevention system (IPS), encryption, or other security and management stack software may disallow the Tanium Server from working as expected. For more information, refer to https://docs.tanium.com/platform_deployment_reference/platform_deployment_reference/security_exceptions.html?Highlight=exclusion.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-253813r842467_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Implement exclusion policies within the HIPS software solution to exclude the Tanium client program files from HIPS intervention.