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Database Security Requirements Guide

Version: 3

Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 22 Jan 2021

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SV-206519r617447_ruleThe DBMS must limit the number of concurrent sessions to an organization-defined number per user for all accounts and/or account types.
SV-206520r617447_ruleThe DBMS must integrate with an organization-level authentication/access mechanism providing account management and automation for all users, groups, roles, and any other principals.
SV-206521r617447_ruleThe DBMS must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.
SV-206522r617447_ruleThe DBMS must protect against a user falsely repudiating having performed organization-defined actions.
SV-206523r617447_ruleThe DBMS must provide audit record generation capability for DoD-defined auditable events within all DBMS/database components.
SV-206524r617447_ruleThe DBMS must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.
SV-206525r617447_ruleThe DBMS must be able to generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved.
SV-206526r617447_ruleThe DBMS must be able to generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.
SV-206527r617447_ruleThe DBMS must initiate session auditing upon startup.
SV-206528r617447_ruleThe DBMS must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish what type of events occurred.
SV-206529r617447_ruleThe DBMS must produce audit records containing time stamps to establish when the events occurred.
SV-206530r617447_ruleThe DBMS must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish where the events occurred.
SV-206531r617447_ruleThe DBMS must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the sources (origins) of the events.
SV-206532r617447_ruleThe DBMS must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the outcome (success or failure) of the events.
SV-206533r617447_ruleThe DBMS must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject or process associated with the event.
SV-206534r617447_ruleThe DBMS must include additional, more detailed, organization-defined information in the audit records for audit events identified by type, location, or subject.
SV-206535r617447_ruleThe DBMS must by default shut down upon audit failure, to include the unavailability of space for more audit log records; or must be configurable to shut down upon audit failure.
SV-206536r617447_ruleThe DBMS must be configurable to overwrite audit log records, oldest first (First-In-First-Out - FIFO), in the event of unavailability of space for more audit log records.
SV-206537r617447_ruleThe DBMS must use system clocks to generate time stamps for use in audit records and application data.
SV-206538r617447_ruleThe audit information produced by the DBMS must be protected from unauthorized read access.
SV-206539r617447_ruleThe audit information produced by the DBMS must be protected from unauthorized modification.
SV-206540r617447_ruleThe audit information produced by the DBMS must be protected from unauthorized deletion.
SV-206541r617447_ruleThe DBMS must protect its audit features from unauthorized access.
SV-206542r617447_ruleThe DBMS must protect its audit configuration from unauthorized modification.
SV-206543r617447_ruleThe DBMS must protect its audit features from unauthorized removal.
SV-206544r617447_ruleThe DBMS must limit privileges to change software modules, to include stored procedures, functions and triggers, and links to software external to the DBMS.
SV-206545r617447_ruleThe DBMS software installation account must be restricted to authorized users.
SV-206546r617447_ruleDatabase software, including DBMS configuration files, must be stored in dedicated directories, or DASD pools, separate from the host OS and other applications.
SV-206547r617447_ruleDatabase objects (including but not limited to tables, indexes, storage, stored procedures, functions, triggers, links to software external to the DBMS, etc.) must be owned by database/DBMS principals authorized for ownership.
SV-206548r617447_ruleThe role(s)/group(s) used to modify database structure (including but not necessarily limited to tables, indexes, storage, etc.) and logic modules (stored procedures, functions, triggers, links to software external to the DBMS, etc.) must be restricted to authorized users.
SV-206549r617447_ruleDefault demonstration and sample databases, database objects, and applications must be removed.
SV-206550r617447_ruleUnused database components, DBMS software, and database objects must be removed.
SV-206551r617447_ruleUnused database components that are integrated in the DBMS and cannot be uninstalled must be disabled.
SV-206552r617447_ruleAccess to external executables must be disabled or restricted.
SV-206553r617447_ruleThe DBMS must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of organization-defined functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.
SV-206554r617447_ruleThe DBMS must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).
SV-206555r617447_ruleIf DBMS authentication, using passwords, is employed, the DBMS must enforce the DoD standards for password complexity and lifetime.
SV-206556r617447_ruleIf passwords are used for authentication, the DBMS must store only hashed, salted representations of passwords.
SV-206557r617447_ruleIf passwords are used for authentication, the DBMS must transmit only encrypted representations of passwords.
SV-206558r617447_ruleThe DBMS, when utilizing PKI-based authentication, must validate certificates by performing RFC 5280-compliant certification path validation.
SV-206559r617447_ruleThe DBMS must enforce authorized access to all PKI private keys stored/utilized by the DBMS.
SV-206560r617447_ruleThe DBMS must map the PKI-authenticated identity to an associated user account.
SV-206561r617447_ruleThe DBMS must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.
SV-206562r617447_ruleThe DBMS must use NIST FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules for cryptographic operations.
SV-206563r617447_ruleThe DBMS must uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users).
SV-206564r617447_ruleThe DBMS must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from database management functionality.
SV-206565r617447_ruleThe DBMS must invalidate session identifiers upon user logout or other session termination.
SV-206566r617447_ruleThe DBMS must recognize only system-generated session identifiers.
SV-206567r617447_ruleThe DBMS must maintain the authenticity of communications sessions by guarding against man-in-the-middle attacks that guess at Session ID values.
SV-206568r617447_ruleThe DBMS must fail to a secure state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
SV-206569r617447_ruleIn the event of a system failure, the DBMS must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to mission processes.
SV-206570r617447_ruleThe DBMS must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.
SV-206571r617447_ruleThe DBMS must isolate security functions from non-security functions.
SV-206572r617447_ruleDatabase contents must be protected from unauthorized and unintended information transfer by enforcement of a data-transfer policy.
SV-206573r617447_ruleThe DBMS must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources.
SV-206574r617447_ruleAccess to database files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.
SV-206575r617447_ruleThe DBMS must check the validity of all data inputs except those specifically identified by the organization.
SV-206576r617447_ruleThe DBMS and associated applications must reserve the use of dynamic code execution for situations that require it.
SV-206577r617447_ruleThe DBMS and associated applications, when making use of dynamic code execution, must scan input data for invalid values that may indicate a code injection attack.
SV-206578r617447_ruleThe DBMS must provide non-privileged users with error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.
SV-206579r617447_ruleThe DBMS must reveal detailed error messages only to the ISSO, ISSM, SA and DBA.
SV-206580r617447_ruleThe DBMS must automatically terminate a user session after organization-defined conditions or trigger events requiring session disconnect.
SV-206581r617447_ruleThe DBMS must provide logout functionality to allow the user to manually terminate a session initiated by that user.
SV-206582r617447_ruleThe DBMS must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in storage.
SV-206583r617447_ruleThe DBMS must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in process.
SV-206584r617447_ruleThe DBMS must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in transmission.
SV-206585r617447_ruleThe DBMS must enforce discretionary access control policies, as defined by the data owner, over defined subjects and objects.
SV-206586r617447_ruleThe DBMS must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions, to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.
SV-206587r617447_ruleExecution of software modules (to include stored procedures, functions, and triggers) with elevated privileges must be restricted to necessary cases only.
SV-206589r617447_ruleThe DBMS must utilize centralized management of the content captured in audit records generated by all components of the DBMS.
SV-206590r617447_ruleThe DBMS must provide centralized configuration of the content to be captured in audit records generated by all components of the DBMS.
SV-206591r617447_ruleThe DBMS must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.
SV-206592r617447_ruleThe DBMS must provide a warning to appropriate support staff when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75% of maximum audit record storage capacity.
SV-206593r617447_ruleThe DBMS must provide an immediate real-time alert to appropriate support staff of all audit log failures.
SV-206594r617447_ruleThe DBMS must record time stamps, in audit records and application data, that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, formerly GMT).
SV-206595r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate time stamps, for audit records and application data, with a minimum granularity of one second.
SV-206596r617447_ruleThe DBMS must prohibit user installation of logic modules (stored procedures, functions, triggers, views, etc.) without explicit privileged status.
SV-206597r617447_ruleThe DBMS must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of the DBMS or database(s).
SV-206598r617447_ruleThe DBMS must produce audit records of its enforcement of access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of the DBMS or database(s).
SV-206599r617447_ruleThe DBMS must disable network functions, ports, protocols, and services deemed by the organization to be nonsecure, in accord with the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) guidance.
SV-206600r617447_ruleThe DBMS must require users to re-authenticate when organization-defined circumstances or situations require re-authentication.
SV-206601r617447_ruleThe DBMS must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.
SV-206603r617447_ruleThe DBMS must only accept end entity certificates issued by DoD PKI or DoD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of all encrypted sessions.
SV-206604r617447_ruleThe DBMS must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of organization-defined information at rest (to include, at a minimum, PII and classified information) on organization-defined information system components.
SV-206605r617447_ruleThe DBMS must implement cryptographic mechanisms preventing the unauthorized disclosure of organization-defined information at rest on organization-defined information system components.
SV-206606r617447_ruleThe DBMS must maintain a separate execution domain for each executing process.
SV-206607r617447_ruleThe DBMS must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during preparation for transmission.
SV-206608r617447_ruleThe DBMS must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during reception.
SV-206609r617447_ruleWhen invalid inputs are received, the DBMS must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives.
SV-206610r617447_ruleWhen updates are applied to the DBMS software, any software components that have been replaced or made unnecessary must be removed.
SV-206611r617447_ruleSecurity-relevant software updates to the DBMS must be installed within the time period directed by an authoritative source (e.g. IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs).
SV-206612r617447_ruleThe DBMS must be able to generate audit records when security objects are accessed.
SV-206613r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.
SV-206614r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) are accessed.
SV-206615r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.
SV-206616r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are added.
SV-206617r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to add privileges/permissions occur.
SV-206618r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are modified.
SV-206619r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify privileges/permissions occur.
SV-206620r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when security objects are modified.
SV-206621r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.
SV-206622r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) are modified.
SV-206623r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.
SV-206624r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are deleted.
SV-206625r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete privileges/permissions occur.
SV-206626r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when security objects are deleted.
SV-206627r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete security objects occur.
SV-206628r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) are deleted.
SV-206629r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.
SV-206630r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when successful logons or connections occur.
SV-206631r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful logons or connection attempts occur.
SV-206632r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records for all privileged activities or other system-level access.
SV-206633r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to execute privileged activities or other system-level access occur.
SV-206634r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for user access to the database(s).
SV-206635r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when concurrent logons/connections by the same user from different workstations occur.
SV-206636r617447_ruleThe DBMS must be able to generate audit records when successful accesses to objects occur.
SV-206637r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful accesses to objects occur.
SV-206638r617447_ruleThe DBMS must generate audit records for all direct access to the database(s).
SV-206639r617447_ruleThe DBMS must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules to provision digital signatures.
SV-206640r617447_ruleThe DBMS must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules to generate and validate cryptographic hashes.
SV-206641r617447_ruleThe DBMS must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules to protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection, in accordance with the data owners requirements.
SV-206642r617447_ruleThe DBMS must off-load audit data to a separate log management facility; this shall be continuous and in near real time for systems with a network connection to the storage facility and weekly or more often for stand-alone systems.
SV-206643r617447_ruleThe DBMS must be configured in accordance with the security configuration settings based on DoD security configuration and implementation guidance, including STIGs, NSA configuration guides, CTOs, DTMs, and IAVMs.
SV-233492r617447_ruleDBMS products must be a version supported by the vendor.