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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000185-GPOS-00079

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  • IBM z/VM tapes must use Tape Encryption.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device (e.g., disk drive and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000228-GPOS-00088

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  • The IBM z/VM TCP/IP must be configured to display the mandatory DoD Notice and Consent banner before granting access to the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the publicly accessible operating system en...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000254-GPOS-00095

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  • The IBM z/VM JOURNALING statement must be coded on the configuration file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit sy...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097

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  • CA VM:Secure product SECURITY CONFIG file must be restricted to appropriate personnel.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098

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  • The IBM z/VM AUDT and Journal Mini Disks must be restricted to the appropriate system administrators.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000123-GPOS-00064

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  • IBM z/VM must remove or disable emergency accounts after the crisis is resolved or 72 hours.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Emergency accounts are privileged accounts that are established in response to crisis situations where the need for rapid acc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The IBM z/VM must restrict link access to the disk on which system software resides.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000362-GPOS-00149

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  • The IBM z/VM Privilege command class A and Class B must be properly assigned.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing regular users to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malici...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000364-GPOS-00151

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  • CA VM:Secure AUTHORIZ CONFIG file must be properly configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to system configuration may have significant effects o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132

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  • The IBM z/VM journal minidisk space allocation must be large enough for one weeks worth of audit records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to ensure operating systems have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, operating systems n...
    Rule Medium Severity

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