The number of users granted the special privilege OPERATOR is not justified.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-181	ACF0850	SV-181r2_rule	DCCS-1 DCCS-2	Medium

Description
Users with this privilege can do anything from canceling jobs to disabling the entire system. This could result in the compromise of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the operating system, ACP, or customer data.

STIG	Date
z/OS ACF2 STIG	2016-01-04

Details

Check Text ( C-273r1_chk )
a) Refer to the following report produced by the ACF2 Data Collection: - ACF2CMDS.RPT(ATTOPER) Automated Analysis Refer to the following report produced by the ACF2 Data Collection Checklist: - PDI(ACF0850) b) If the number of users granted the special privilege OPERATOR is strictly controlled and limited to systems programmer and operations personnel, there is NO FINDING. c) If the number of users granted the special privilege OPERATOR is not strictly controlled and limited to systems programmer and operations personnel, this is a FINDING.

Check Text ( C-273r1_chk )

a) Refer to the following report produced by the ACF2 Data Collection:

- ACF2CMDS.RPT(ATTOPER)

Automated Analysis
Refer to the following report produced by the ACF2 Data Collection Checklist:

- PDI(ACF0850)

b) If the number of users granted the special privilege OPERATOR is strictly controlled and limited to systems programmer and operations personnel, there is NO FINDING.

c) If the number of users granted the special privilege OPERATOR is not strictly controlled and limited to systems programmer and operations personnel, this is a FINDING.

Fix Text (F-17369r1_fix)
The IAO will ensure that access to the special privilege OPERATOR is kept to a minimum and limited to systems programmer and operations personnel. Review all LOGONIDs with the OPERATOR attribute.