The operating system must employ automated mechanisms to detect the presence of unauthorized software on organizational information systems and notify designated organizational officials in accordance with the organization-defined frequency.

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The operating system must employ automated mechanisms to detect the presence of unauthorized software on organizational information systems and notify designated organizational officials in accordance with the organization-defined frequency.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000232-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000232-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000232-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Malicious software can establish a base on individual desktops and servers. Employing an automated mechanism to detect this type of software will aid in elimination of the software from the operating system. Permanent not a finding - Duplicates SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000159 which requires 3 digitally-signed, software package acceptance levels: Vmware, Vmware Accepted, and Vmware Partner.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000232-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000232-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.