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Configure auditing of unsuccessful permission changes
Ensure that unsuccessful attempts to change file or directory permissions are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above: <pr...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditing of successful permission changes
Ensure that successful attempts to modify permissions of files or directories are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above:...Rule Medium Severity -
GRUB2 bootloader configuration
During the boot process, the boot loader is responsible for starting the execution of the kernel and passing options to it. The boot loader allows ...Group -
Configure kernel to trust the CPU random number generator
There exist two ways how to ensure that the Linux kernel trusts the CPU hardware random number generator. If the option is configured during kernel...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable Kernel Page-Table Isolation (KPTI)
To enable Kernel page-table isolation, add the argument <code>pti=on</code> to the default GRUB 2 command line for the Linux operating system. To e...Rule Low Severity -
Disable vsyscalls
To disable use of virtual syscalls, add the argument <code>vsyscall=none</code> to the default GRUB 2 command line for the Linux operating system. ...Rule Medium Severity -
UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration
UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configurationGroup -
Set the UEFI Boot Loader Password
The grub2 boot loader should have a superuser account and password protection enabled to protect boot-time settings. <br><br> Since plaintext passw...Rule High Severity -
Configure Syslog
The syslog service has been the default Unix logging mechanism for many years. It has a number of downsides, including inconsistent log format, lac...Group -
Ensure rsyslog-gnutls is installed
TLS protocol support for rsyslog is installed. The <code>rsyslog-gnutls</code> package can be installed with the following command: <pre> $ sudo y...Rule Medium Severity
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