The VMM must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-207407	SRG-OS-000185-VMM-000720	SV-207407r958552_rule		Medium

Description
Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device (e.g., disk drive and tape drive, when used for backups) within a VMM. This requirement addresses protection of user-generated data, as well as VMM-specific configuration data. Organizations may choose to employ different mechanisms to achieve confidentiality and integrity protections, as appropriate, in accordance with the security category and/or classification of the information.

Description

Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device (e.g., disk drive and tape drive, when used for backups) within a VMM. This requirement addresses protection of user-generated data, as well as VMM-specific configuration data. Organizations may choose to employ different mechanisms to achieve confidentiality and integrity protections, as appropriate, in accordance with the security category and/or classification of the information.

STIG	Date
Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide	2024-05-28

Details

Check Text ( C-7664r365631_chk )
Verify the VMM protects the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-7664r365632_fix)
Configure the VMM to protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.