The IBM z/OS Policy Agent must contain a policy that manages excess capacity, bandwidth, or other redundancy to limit the effects of information flooding types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-98731	TSS0-OS-000150	SV-107835r1_rule		Medium

Description
DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot accomplish its mission or must operate at degraded capacity.

STIG	Date
IBM z/OS TSS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-06-29

Details

Check Text ( C-97567r1_chk )
Examine the Policy Agent policy statements. If it can be determined that there are policy statements that manages excess capacity, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-104407r1_fix)
Develop Policy application and Policy agent to manage excess capacity.