The Symantec Endpoint Protection client Global Settings must be configured to use Insight Lookup for File Reputation.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-42646	DTASEP025	SV-55374r1_rule		Medium

Description
Antivirus software vendors use collective intelligence from sensors and cross-vector intelligence from web, email, and network threats to compile scores that reflect the likelihood of whether a file in question is malware. The collective intelligence is constantly being updated, more frequently than the typical daily antivirus signature files. With File Reputation lookup, a more real-time response to potential malicious code is realized than with the local-running antivirus software since querying the cloud-based database when a file appears to be suspicious provides up- to- the- minute intelligence. This type of protection reduces the threat protection time period from days to milliseconds, increases malware detection rates, and reduces downtime and remediation costs associated with malware attacks. Using File Reputation lookup is mandated by US CYBERCOM on DoD systems.

Description

Antivirus software vendors use collective intelligence from sensors and cross-vector intelligence from web, email, and network threats to compile scores that reflect the likelihood of whether a file in question is malware. The collective intelligence is constantly being updated, more frequently than the typical daily antivirus signature files. With File Reputation lookup, a more real-time response to potential malicious code is realized than with the local-running antivirus software since querying the cloud-based database when a file appears to be suspicious provides up- to- the- minute intelligence. This type of protection reduces the threat protection time period from days to milliseconds, increases malware detection rates, and reduces downtime and remediation costs associated with malware attacks. Using File Reputation lookup is mandated by US CYBERCOM on DoD systems.

STIG	Date
Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 Managed Client Antivirus	2015-07-08

Details

Check Text ( C-48916r3_chk )
Server check: From the Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Server, Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Console: Select Policies -> Double-click the applied policy -> Under Windows Settings, Advanced options, select Global Scan Options -> Under Insight settings -> Ensure "Enable Insight for:" is selected. Criteria: If "Enable Insight for:" is not selected, this is a finding. Client check: Locate the Symantec Endpoint Protection icon in the system tray. Double-click the icon to the open Symantec Endpoint Protection configuration screen. On the left hand side, select Change settings -> Under Virus and Spyware Protection -> Select Configure Settings -> Under the Global Settings tab, Scan Options -> Ensure "Enable Insight for:" is selected. Criteria: If "Enable Insight for:" is not selected, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-48916r3_chk )

Server check: From the Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Server, Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Console: Select Policies -> Double-click the applied policy -> Under Windows Settings, Advanced options, select Global Scan Options -> Under Insight settings -> Ensure "Enable Insight for:" is selected.

Criteria: If "Enable Insight for:" is not selected, this is a finding.

Client check: Locate the Symantec Endpoint Protection icon in the system tray. Double-click the icon to the open Symantec Endpoint Protection configuration screen. On the left hand side, select Change settings -> Under Virus and Spyware Protection -> Select Configure Settings -> Under the Global Settings tab, Scan Options -> Ensure "Enable Insight for:" is selected.

Criteria: If "Enable Insight for:" is not selected, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-48230r1_fix)
From the Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Server, Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Console: Select Policies -> Double-click the applied policy -> Under Windows Settings, Advanced options, select Global Scan Options -> Under Insight settings -> Select "Enable Insight for:".