The system must use Active Directory authentication.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-63955	VCWN-06-000009	SV-78445r1_rule		Medium

Description
The application must ensure users are authenticated with an individual authenticator prior to using a group authenticator. Using Active Directory for authentication provides more robust account management capabilities.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere vCenter Server Version 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-07-11

Details

Check Text ( C-64705r1_chk )
Verify the Windows server hosting vCenter is joined to the domain and access to the server and to vCenter is done using Active Directory accounts. If the vCenter server is not joined to an Active Directory domain, this is a finding. If Active Directory based accounts are not used for daily operations of the vCenter server, this is a finding. If Active Directory is not used in the environment, this is not applicable.

Check Text ( C-64705r1_chk )

Verify the Windows server hosting vCenter is joined to the domain and access to the server and to vCenter is done using Active Directory accounts.

If the vCenter server is not joined to an Active Directory domain, this is a finding.

If Active Directory based accounts are not used for daily operations of the vCenter server, this is a finding.

If Active Directory is not used in the environment, this is not applicable.

Fix Text (F-69883r1_fix)
If the server hosting vCenter is not joined to the domain follow the OS specific procedures to join it to Active Directory. If local accounts are used for normal operations then Active Directory accounts should be created and used.