IBM RACF use of the AUDITOR privilege must be justified.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-223709	RACF-ES-000620	SV-223709r604139_rule		Medium

Description
Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.

Description

Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.

STIG	Date
IBM z/OS RACF Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-27

Details

Check Text ( C-25382r514815_chk )
From the ISPF Command Shell enter: ListUser * If authorization to the SYSTEM AUDITOR attribute is restricted to auditing and/or security personnel, this is not a finding. If at minimum, any users connected to sensitive system dataset HLQ (e.g., SYS1, SYS2, etc.) groups or general resource owning groups with the Group-AUDITOR attribute are Auditor and/or Security personnel, this is not a finding. Otherwise, Group-AUDITOR is allowed.

Check Text ( C-25382r514815_chk )

From the ISPF Command Shell enter:
ListUser *

If authorization to the SYSTEM AUDITOR attribute is restricted to auditing and/or security personnel, this is not a finding.

If at minimum, any users connected to sensitive system dataset HLQ (e.g., SYS1, SYS2, etc.) groups or general resource owning groups with the Group-AUDITOR attribute are Auditor and/or Security personnel, this is not a finding.

Otherwise, Group-AUDITOR is allowed.

Fix Text (F-25370r514816_fix)
Review all USERIDs with the AU (Manual) - Review all USERIDs with the AUDITOR attribute. Ensure documentation providing justification for access is maintained and filed with the ISSO, and that unjustified access is removed. The AUDITOR attribute is removed from a user with the command: ALU NOAUDITOR. To remove the Group-Auditor attribute: CO GROUP() NOAUDITOR