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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000131

    Group
  • The Tanium Server must be configured to only allow signed content to be imported.

    Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the application. Verifying software components have been digitally signed using a certificate that is reco...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133

    Group
  • All installation files originally downloaded to the Tanium Server must be configured to download to a location other than the Tanium Server directory.

    Typically, the Tanium Server stores the Package Source Files that it downloads from the Internet and server shares or files uploaded through the Tanium Console in a subdirectory of the server's ins...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142

    Group
  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium Server for Client-to-Server communications.

    In addition to the client-to-server TCP communication that takes place over port 17472, Tanium Clients also communicate to other Tanium-managed computers over port 17472. The Tanium environment can...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142

    Group
  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium Zone Server for Client-to-Zone Server communications.

    In customer environments using the Tanium Zone Server, a Tanium Client may be configured to point to a Zone Server instead of a Tanium Server. The communication requirements for these Clients are i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142

    Group
  • The Tanium Server must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of organization-defined functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.

    In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000175

    Group
  • The Tanium Server certificates must have Extended Key Usage entries for the serverAuth object TLS Web Server Authentication and the clientAuth object TLS Web Client Authentication.

    Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during reception including, for example, during aggregation, at protocol transformation points, and during packing/unp...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000176

    Group
  • The Tanium Server certificate and private/public keys directory must be protected with appropriate permissions.

    If the private key is discovered, an attacker can use the key to authenticate as an authorized user and gain access to the network infrastructure. The cornerstone of the PKI is the private key use...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211

    Group
  • The Tanium Module server must be installed on a separate system.

    Unauthorized access to the Tanium Server is protected by disabling the Module Server service on the Tanium Server and by configuring the Module Server on a separate system. When X509 smartcard cer...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000328

    Group
  • The Tanium Server directory must be restricted with appropriate permissions.

    Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have discretion over who should be authorized to access the object and in which...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000328

    Group
  • The Tanium Server http directory and sub-directories must be restricted with appropriate permissions.

    Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have discretion over who should be authorized to access the object and in which...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000328

    Group
  • The permissions on the Tanium Server registry keys must be restricted to only the Tanium service account and the [Tanium Admins] group.

    Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have discretion over who should be authorized to access the object and in which...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000328

    Group
  • The Tanium Server Logs and TDL_Logs directories must be restricted with appropriate permissions.

    Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have discretion over who should be authorized to access the object and in which...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000340

    Group
  • All Active Directory accounts synchronized with Tanium for non-privileged functions must be non-privileged domain accounts.

    Tanium has the ability to synchronize with Active Directory for Tanium account management. Tanium advises that all replicated accounts for non-privileged level functions should be non-privileged do...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000358

    Group
  • A Tanium connector must be configured to send log data to an external audit log reduction-capable system and provide alerts.

    While the Tanium Server records audit log entries to the Tanium SQL database, retrieval and aggregation of log data through the Tanium console is not efficient. The Tanium Connect module allows fo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000377

    Group
  • File integrity monitoring of critical executables that Tanium uses must be configured.

    Tanium inherently watches files and their respective hash values for change but while Tanium can do file integrity checks of critical executables, it is important to conduct File Integrity Monitori...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000383

    Group
  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium module server to allow Server-to-Module Server communications from the Tanium Server.

    The Tanium Module Server is used to extend the functionality of Tanium through the use of various workbenches. The Tanium Module Server requires communication with the Tanium Server on port 17477. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000383

    Group
  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium Server for Server-to-Module Server communications.

    The Tanium Module Server is used to extend the functionality of Tanium through the use of various workbenches. The Tanium Module Server requires communication with the Tanium Server on port 17477. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000383

    Group
  • Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium Server for Server-to-Zone Server communications.

    If you are using the Tanium Zone Server to proxy traffic from Tanium-managed computers on less trusted network segments to the Tanium Server on the core network, then the Tanium Zone Server Hub, ty...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000416

    Group
  • The SSLHonorCipherOrder must be configured to disable weak encryption algorithms on the Tanium Server.

    Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The application must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standards appr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000427

    Group
  • The Tanium Server certificate must be signed by a DoD Certificate Authority.

    The Tanium Server has the option to use a "self-signed" certificate or a Trusted Certificate Authority signed certificate for SSL connections. During evaluations of Tanium in Lab settings, customer...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000442

    Group
  • Any Tanium configured EMAIL RESULTS connectors must be configured to enable TLS/SSL to encrypt communications.

    Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission including, for example, during aggregation, at protocol transformation points, and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    Group
  • Tanium Server files must be excluded from on-access antivirus actions.

    Similar to any other host-based applications, the Tanium Server is subject to the restrictions other System-level software may place on an operating environment. Antivirus, IPS, Encryption, or othe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000068

    Group
  • The Tanium Server console must be configured to display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to The Tanium Server.

    Display of the DoD-approved use notification before granting access to the application ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal laws, Executive ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000069

    Group
  • The Tanium Server console must be configured to retain the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users acknowledge the usage conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access.

    The banner must be acknowledged by the user prior to allowing the user access to the application. This provides assurance that the user has seen the message and accepted the conditions for access. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    Group
  • Tanium Server files must be protected from file encryption actions.

    Similar to any other host-based applications, the Tanium Server is subject to the restrictions other System-level software may place on an operating environment. Antivirus, Encryption, or other sec...
    Rule Medium Severity

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