The VMM must notify the system administrator and ISSO when accounts are disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-207429	SRG-OS-000276-VMM-000980	SV-207429r379327_rule		Medium

Description
When VMM accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual VMM users or for identifying the VMM 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 VMM 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 VMMs can be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

Description

When VMM accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual VMM users or for identifying the VMM 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 VMM 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 VMMs can be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

STIG	Date
Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide	2023-09-12

Details

Check Text ( C-7686r365697_chk )
Verify the VMM notifies the system administrator and ISSO when accounts are disabled. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-7686r365698_fix)
Configure the VMM to notify the system administrator and ISSO when accounts are disabled.