Applications providing malicious code protection must support organizational requirements to be configured to perform organization defined action(s) in response to malicious code detection.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-32584	SRG-APP-000279-DB-NA	SV-42921r1_rule		Medium

Description
Malicious code protection mechanisms include but are not limited to anti-virus and malware detection software. In order to minimize potential negative impact to the organization that can be caused by malicious code, it is imperative that malicious code is identified and eradicated. Applications providing this capability must be able to perform actions in response to detected malware. Responses include, but are not limited to, quarantine, deletion, and alerting. Malicious code includes viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and Spyware. This requirement is specific to applications providing malicious code protection. This requirement is NA for databases.

Description

Malicious code protection mechanisms include but are not limited to anti-virus and malware detection software. In order to minimize potential negative impact to the organization that can be caused by malicious code, it is imperative that malicious code is identified and eradicated. Applications providing this capability must be able to perform actions in response to detected malware. Responses include, but are not limited to, quarantine, deletion, and alerting. Malicious code includes viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and Spyware. This requirement is specific to applications providing malicious code protection. This requirement is NA for databases.

STIG	Date
Database Security Requirements Guide	2012-07-02

Details

Check Text ( C-41022r1_chk )
This check is NA for databases.

Fix Text (F-36498r1_fix)
This fix is NA for databases.