Skip to content

III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Users with Administrative privileges must have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using a privileged account to perform routine functions makes the computer vulnerable to malicious software inadvertently int...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Passwords for the built-in Administrator account must be changed at least every 60 days.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The longer a password is in use, the greater the opportunity for someone to gain unauthorized knowledge of the password. The ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Administrative accounts must not be used with applications that access the Internet, such as web browsers, or with potential Internet sources, such as email.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using applications that access the Internet or have potential Internet sources using administrative privileges exposes a syst...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Members of the Backup Operators group must have separate accounts for backup duties and normal operational tasks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Backup Operators are able to read and write to any file in the system, regardless of the rights assigned to it. Backup and re...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Manually managed application account passwords must be at least 15 characters in length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application/service account passwords must be of sufficient length to prevent being easily cracked. Application/service accou...
    Rule Medium Severity

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

Capacity
Modules