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The IBM z/OS System Administrator must develop a process to notify appropriate personnel when accounts are deleted.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-224015 TSS0-OS-000190 SV-224015r561402_rule Medium
Description
When operating system accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual operating system users or for identifying the operating system processes themselves. Sending notification of account disabling events to the system administrator and ISSO is one method for mitigating this risk. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that operating system accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and also provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many operating systems can be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.
STIG Date
IBM z/OS TSS Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-01-05

Details

Check Text ( C-25688r516444_chk )
Ask the system Administrator for the documented process to notify appropriate personnel when accounts are deleted.

If there is no documented process, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-25676r516445_fix)
Develop a documented process to notify appropriate personnel when accounts are deleted.