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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Back-up copies of the application software or source code must be stored in a fire-rated container or stored separately (offsite).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application developers and application administrators must take steps to ensure continuity of development effort and operatio...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Procedures must be in place to assure the appropriate physical and technical protection of the backup and restoration of the application.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protection of backup and restoration assets is essential for the successful restore of operations after a catastrophic failur...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The application must use encryption to implement key exchange and authenticate endpoints prior to establishing a communication channel for key exchange.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the application does not use encryption and authenticate endpoints prior to establishing a communication channel and prior...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The application must not contain embedded authentication data.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authentication data stored in code could potentially be read and used by anonymous users to gain access to a backend database...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The application must have the capability to mark sensitive/classified output when required.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to properly mark output could result in a disclosure of sensitive or classified data which is an immediate loss in co...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Prior to each release of the application, updates to system, or applying patches; tests plans and procedures must be created and executed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without test plans and procedures for application releases or updates, unexpected results may occur which could lead to a den...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Application files must be cryptographically hashed prior to deploying to DoD operational networks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When application code and binaries are transferred from one environment to another, there is the potential for malware to be ...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • At least one tester must be designated to test for security flaws in addition to functional testing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If there is no person designated to test for security flaws, vulnerabilities can potentially be missed during testing. This ...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Test procedures must be created and at least annually executed to ensure system initialization, shutdown, and aborts are configured to verify the system remains in a secure state.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Secure state assurance cannot be accomplished without testing the system state at least annually to ensure the system remains...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • An application code review must be performed on the application.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A code review is a systematic evaluation of computer source code conducted for the purposes of identifying and remediating th...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Code coverage statistics must be maintained for each release of the application.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This requirement is meant to apply to developers or organizations that are doing application development work. Code coverage...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Flaws found during a code review must be tracked in a defect tracking system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This requirement is meant to apply to developers or organizations that are doing application development work. If flaws are ...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The changes to the application must be assessed for IA and accreditation impact prior to implementation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When changes are made to an application, either in the code or in the configuration of underlying components such as the OS o...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Security flaws must be fixed or addressed in the project plan.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This requirement is meant to apply to developers or organizations that are doing application development work. Application d...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The application development team must follow a set of coding standards.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Coding standards are guidelines established by the development team or individual developers that recommend programming style...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The designer must create and update the Design Document for each release of the application.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This requirement is meant to apply to developers or organizations that are doing application development work. The applicati...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Threat models must be documented and reviewed for each application release and updated as required by design and functionality changes or when new threats are discovered.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Threat modeling is an approach for analyzing the security of an application. It is a structured approach that enables you to ...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The application must not be subject to error handling vulnerabilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Error handling is the failure to check the return values of functions or catch top level exceptions within a program. Imprope...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The application development team must provide an application incident response plan.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An application incident response process is managed by the development team and should include a method for individuals to su...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • All products must be supported by the vendor or the development team.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unsupported commercial and government developed software products should not be used because fixes to newly identified bugs w...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The application must be decommissioned when maintenance or support is no longer available.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unsupported software products should not be used because fixes to newly identified bugs will not be implemented by the vendor...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Procedures must be in place to notify users when an application is decommissioned.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When maintenance no longer exists for an application, there are no individuals responsible for making security updates. The a...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Unnecessary built-in application accounts must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Default passwords and properties of built-in accounts are often publicly available. Anyone with necessary knowledge, internal...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Default passwords must be changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Default passwords can easily be compromised by attackers allowing immediate access to the applications.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • An Application Configuration Guide must be created and included with the application.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Application Configuration Guide is any document or collection of documents used to configure the application. These docu...
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