Access to the Hardware Management Console (HMC) must be restricted by assigning users proper roles and responsibilities.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256872	HMC0045	SV-256872r958472_rule		Medium

Description
Access to the HMC if not properly controlled and restricted by assigning users proper roles and responsibilities, could allow modification to areas outside the need-to-know and abilities of the individual resulting in a bypass of security and an altering of the environment. This would result in a loss of secure operations and can cause an impact to data operating environment integrity.

STIG	Date
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-24

Details

Check Text ( C-60547r890960_chk )
Have the System Administrator verify to the reviewer that the Roles and Responsibilities assigned are assigned to the proper individuals by their areas of responsibility. Note: Sites must have a list of valid HMC users, indicating their USERID, Date of DD2875, and roles and responsibilities. Have the System Administrator verify to the reviewer that the Roles and Responsibilities assigned are assigned to the proper individuals by their areas of responsibility. To display user roles chose User Profiles and then select the user for modification. View Task Roles and Manager Resources Roles. If the HMC user-IDs displayed by the System Administrator are not properly assigned by Roles and Responsibilities, then this is a FINDING.

Check Text ( C-60547r890960_chk )

Have the System Administrator verify to the reviewer that the Roles and Responsibilities assigned are assigned to the proper individuals by their areas of responsibility.

Note: Sites must have a list of valid HMC users, indicating their USERID, Date of DD2875, and roles and responsibilities.

Have the System Administrator verify to the reviewer that the Roles and Responsibilities assigned are assigned to the proper individuals by their areas of responsibility.

To display user roles chose User Profiles and then select the user for modification. View Task Roles and Manager Resources Roles.

If the HMC user-IDs displayed by the System Administrator are not properly assigned by Roles and Responsibilities, then this is a FINDING.

Fix Text (F-60490r890961_fix)
Have the System Administrator using the list user IDs and responsibilities, validate that each user is properly specified in the HMC based on his/her roles and responsibilities. Note: Sites must have a list of valid HMC users, indicating their USERID, Date of DD2785, roles and responsibilities To display user roles choose User Profiles and then select the user for modification. View Task Roles and Manager Roles.

Fix Text (F-60490r890961_fix)

Have the System Administrator using the list user IDs and responsibilities, validate that each user is properly specified in the HMC based on his/her roles and responsibilities.

Note: Sites must have a list of valid HMC users, indicating their USERID, Date of DD2785, roles and responsibilities

To display user roles choose User Profiles and then select the user for modification. View Task Roles and Manager Roles.