The Google Search Appliance must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-60769	GSAP-00-000455	SV-75221r1_rule		Medium

Description
To assure accountability and prevent unauthorized access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations). Users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) are uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses other than those accesses explicitly identified and documented by the organization which outlines specific user actions that can be performed on the information system without identification or authentication.

Description

To assure accountability and prevent unauthorized access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations). Users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) are uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses other than those accesses explicitly identified and documented by the organization which outlines specific user actions that can be performed on the information system without identification or authentication.

STIG	Date
Google Search Appliance Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-07-07

Details

Check Text ( C-61691r1_chk )
Open the GSA Web Admin Console at https::8443. Log on to the GSA Admin Console. Select "Administration". Select "User Accounts". If there are individual "manager" and "admin" accounts per site specific organizational requirements, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-66449r1_fix)
Open the GSA Web Admin Console at https::8443. Log on to the GSA Admin Console. Select "Administration". Select "User Accounts". Create appropriate "manager" and "admin" accounts per site specific organizational requirement guidance.