Applications that are utilized to address the issue of SPAM and provide protection from SPAM must automatically update any and all SPAM protection measures including signature definitions.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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| V-27139 | SRG-APP-000261 | SV-34438r1_rule | Medium |
| Description |
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| Originators of SPAM emails are constantly changing their source email addresses in order to defeat SPAM countermeasures; therefore, SPAM software must be constantly updated to address the changing threat. A manual update procedure is labor intensive and does not scale well in an enterprise environment which necessitates an automatic update capability. |
| STIG | Date |
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| Application Security Requirements Guide | 2011-12-28 |
Details
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| None |
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| None |