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CA-TSS Security control ACIDs must be limited to the administrative authorities authorized and that require these privileges to perform their job duties.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>The use of security policy filters provides protection for the confidentiality of data by restricting the flow of data. A crucial part of any flow control solution is the ability to configure policy filters. This allows the operating system to enforce multiple and different security policies. Policy filters serve to enact and enforce the organizational policy as it pertains to controlling data flow.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-223874r877715_rule
Severity
High
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Review all security administrator ACIDs. Evaluate the impact of limiting the amount of excessive administrative authorities. Develop a plan of action and implement the changes.

The following are examples for other types (DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA) that require administrative authorities: (note: these are examples and does not mean everyone should have all of these levels).

data set(ALL)ACC(ALL)
data set(XAUTH,OWN,REPORT,AUDIT,INFO)ACC(ALL)