Changes to DBMS security labels must be audited.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Some DBMS systems provide the feature to assign security labels to data elements. If labeling is required, implementation options include the Oracle Label Security package, or a third-party product, or custom-developed functionality. The confidentiality and integrity of the data depends upon the security label assignment where this feature is in use. Changes to security label assignment may indicate suspicious activity.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-219871r879887_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Define the policy for auditing changes to security labels defined for the data.
Document the audit requirements in the System Security Plan and configure database auditing in accordance with the policy.
If using Standard Auditing:
If there is no Unified Auditing policy deployed to audit changes to security labels, the create one using the following syntax: