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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • HMC0040

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    Group
  • Access to the Hardware Management Console must be restricted to only authorized personnel.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Access to the Hardware Management Console if not properly restricted to authorized personnel could lead to a bypass of securi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • HMC0050

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    Group
  • Automatic Call Answering to the Hardware Management Console must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Automatic Call Answering to the Hardware Management Console allows unrestricted access by unauthorized personnel and could le...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • HMC0070

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    Group
  • The Hardware Management Console Event log must be active.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Hardware Management Console controls the operation and availability of the Central Processor Complex (CPC). Failure to cr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • HMC0080

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    Group
  • The manufacturer’s default passwords must be changed for all Hardware Management Console (HMC) Management software.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The changing of passwords from the HMC default values, blocks malicious users with knowledge of these default passwords, from...
    Rule High Severity
  • HMC0090

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    Group
  • Predefined task roles to the Hardware Management Console (HMC) must be specified to limit capabilities of individual users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Individual task roles with access to specific resources if not created and restricted, will allow unrestricted access to syst...
    Rule Medium Severity

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