McAfee VirusScan On-Access General Policies must be configured to log the session summary.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-6478	DTAM012	SV-55148r1_rule		Medium

Description
Log management is essential to ensuring that computer security records are stored in sufficient detail for an appropriate period of time. Routine log analysis is beneficial for identifying security incidents, policy violations, fraudulent activity, and operational problems. Logs are also useful when performing auditing and forensic analysis, supporting internal investigations, establishing baselines, and identifying operational trends and long-term problems.

Description

Log management is essential to ensuring that computer security records are stored in sufficient detail for an appropriate period of time. Routine log analysis is beneficial for identifying security incidents, policy violations, fraudulent activity, and operational problems. Logs are also useful when performing auditing and forensic analysis, supporting internal investigations, establishing baselines, and identifying operational trends and long-term problems.

STIG	Date
McAfee VirusScan 8.8 Managed Client STIG	2017-01-18

Details

Check Text ( C-48779r2_chk )
From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product pull down list, select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On-Access General Policies. Under the Reports tab, locate the "What to log in addition to scanning activity:" label. Ensure the "Session summary" option is selected. Criteria: If the "Session summary" option is selected, this is not a finding. On the client machine, use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\McAfee\ (32-bit) HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\McAfee\ (64-bit) SystemCore\VSCore\On Access Scanner\McShield\Configuration Criteria: If the value of bLogSummary is 1, this is not a finding. If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-48779r2_chk )

From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product pull down list, select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On-Access General Policies. Under the Reports tab, locate the "What to log in addition to scanning activity:" label. Ensure the "Session summary" option is selected.

Criteria: If the "Session summary" option is selected, this is not a finding.

On the client machine, use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
HKLM\Software\McAfee\ (32-bit)
HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\McAfee\ (64-bit)
SystemCore\VSCore\On Access Scanner\McShield\Configuration

Criteria: If the value of bLogSummary is 1, this is not a finding. If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-48006r2_fix)
From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product pull down list, select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On-Access General Policies. Under the Reports tab, locate the "What to log in addition to scanning activity:" label. Select the "Session summary" option. Select Save.

Fix Text (F-48006r2_fix)