CA VM:Secure product AUTHORIZ CONFIG file must be restricted to appropriate personnel.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-78965	IBMZ-VM-001240	SV-93671r1_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. The AUTHORIZ CONFIG file is used to tailor user authorizations for CA VM:Secure commands.

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. The AUTHORIZ CONFIG file is used to tailor user authorizations for CA VM:Secure commands.

STIG	Date
IBM z/VM Using CA VM:Secure Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-04-04

Details

Check Text ( C-78551r1_chk )
Query the CA VM:Secure product rules. If there are product rules granting access to the disk on which the “AUTHORIZ CONFIG” file resides for system administrators or security administrators only, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-85715r1_fix)
Create rules in the CA VM:Secure product Rules Facility that restricts access to the disk where the “AUTHORIZ CONFIG” file resides to system administrators or security administrators only.