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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000065

    Group
  • The vCenter Server must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid login attempts by a user.

    By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000068

    Group
  • The vCenter Server must display the Standard Mandatory DOD Notice and Consent Banner before logon.

    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-000095

    Group
  • The vCenter Server must produce audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.

    Without establishing what types of events occurred, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • vCenter Server plugins must be verified.

    The vCenter Server includes a vSphere Client extensibility framework, which provides the ability to extend the vSphere Client with menu selections or toolbar icons that provide access to vCenter Se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000148

    Group
  • The vCenter Server must uniquely identify and authenticate users or processes acting on behalf of users.

    To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. Organizational user...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000080

    Group
  • The vCenter Server must require multifactor authentication.

    Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor authentication requires using two or more factors to achieve authentica...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000164

    Group
  • The vCenter Server passwords must be at least 15 characters in length.

    The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectivene...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000165

    Group
  • The vCenter Server must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

    Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. To meet password policy requirements, passwords must be...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000166

    Group
  • The vCenter Server passwords must contain at least one uppercase character.

    Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000167

    Group
  • The vCenter Server passwords must contain at least one lowercase character.

    Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...
    Rule Medium Severity

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