The operating system must notify System Administrators and Information System Security Officers when accounts are disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-57199	SRG-OS-000276-GPOS-00106	SV-71459r1_rule		Medium

Description
When operating system accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual operating system users or for identifying the operating system processes themselves. In order to detect and respond to events that affect user accessibility and system processing, operating systems must audit account disabling actions and, as required, notify System Administrators and Information System Security Officers (ISSO) so they can investigate the event. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that operating system accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and also provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many operating systems can be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

Description

When operating system accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual operating system users or for identifying the operating system processes themselves. In order to detect and respond to events that affect user accessibility and system processing, operating systems must audit account disabling actions and, as required, notify System Administrators and Information System Security Officers (ISSO) so they can investigate the event. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that operating system accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and also provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many operating systems can be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System SRG	2014-12-17

Details

Check Text ( C-57771r1_chk )
Verify the operating system notifies System Administrators and Information System Security Officers when accounts are disabled. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62095r1_fix)
Configure the operating system to notify System Administrators and Information System Security Officers when accounts are disabled.