The Google Search Appliance must notify appropriate individuals when account disabling actions are taken.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-60801	GSAP-00-001035	SV-75253r1_rule		Medium

Description
When application accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual application users or for identifying the application processes themselves. In order to detect and respond to events that affect user accessibility and application processing, applications must audit account disabling actions and, as required, notify as required the appropriate individuals so they can investigate the event. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that application accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and also provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address the multitude of policy based access requirements, many application developers choose to integrate their applications with enterprise level authentication/access mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements. Such integration allows the application developer to off-load those access control functions and focus on core application features and functionality. Examples of enterprise level authentication/access mechanisms include but are not limited to Active Directory and LDAP. Applications must notify, or leverage other mechanisms that notify, the appropriate individuals when accounts disabling actions are taken.

Description

When application accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual application users or for identifying the application processes themselves. In order to detect and respond to events that affect user accessibility and application processing, applications must audit account disabling actions and, as required, notify as required the appropriate individuals so they can investigate the event. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that application accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and also provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address the multitude of policy based access requirements, many application developers choose to integrate their applications with enterprise level authentication/access mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements. Such integration allows the application developer to off-load those access control functions and focus on core application features and functionality. Examples of enterprise level authentication/access mechanisms include but are not limited to Active Directory and LDAP. Applications must notify, or leverage other mechanisms that notify, the appropriate individuals when accounts disabling actions are taken.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-61725r1_chk )
Open the GSA Web Admin Console at https::8443. Login to the GSA management interface. Navigate to "Administration", select "System Settings". If "Enable Daily Status Email Messages" is checked and a valid administrator email address is entered, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-66483r1_fix)
Open the GSA Web Admin Console at https::8443. Login to the GSA management interface. Navigate to "Administration", select "System Settings". Select "Enable Daily Status Email Messages" and enter a valid administrator email address.