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MongoDB Enterprise Advanced 4.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000311-DB-000308
MongoDB must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in storage and transmission.
MongoDB must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in storage and transmission. An XCCDF Rule
MongoDB must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in storage and transmission.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Without the association of security labels to information, there is no basis for MongoDB to make security-related access-control decisions.
Security labels are abstractions representing the basic properties or characteristics of an entity (e.g., subjects and objects) with respect to safeguarding information.
These labels are typically associated with internal data structures (e.g., tables, rows) within the database and are used to enable the implementation of access control and flow control policies, reflect special dissemination, handling, or distribution instructions, or support other aspects of the information security policy.
One example includes marking data as classified or CUI. These security labels may be assigned manually or during data processing, but, either way, it is imperative these assignments are maintained while the data is in storage. If the security labels are lost when the data is stored, there is the risk of a data compromise.
The mechanism used to support security labeling may be a feature of MongoDB product, a third-party product, or custom application code.
Satisfies: SRG-APP-000311-DB-000308, SRG-APP-000313-DB-000309, SRG-APP-000314-DB-000310</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>