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VMware vSphere 6.7 vCenter Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version: 1

Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 09 Mar 2021

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SV-243072r719459_ruleThe vCenter Server must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
SV-243073r719462_ruleThe vCenter Server must not automatically refresh client sessions.
SV-243074r719465_ruleThe vCenter Server must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.
SV-243075r719468_ruleThe vCenter Server must terminate management sessions after 10 minutes of inactivity.
SV-243076r719471_ruleThe vCenter Server users must have the correct roles assigned.
SV-243077r719474_ruleThe vCenter Server must manage excess capacity, bandwidth, or other redundancy to limit the effects of information-flooding types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by enabling Network I/O Control (NIOC).
SV-243078r719644_ruleThe vCenter Server must provide an immediate real-time alert to the SA and ISSO, at a minimum, of all audit failure events.
SV-243079r719480_ruleThe vCenter Server must implement Active Directory authentication.
SV-243080r719483_ruleThe vCenter Server must limit the use of the built-in SSO administrative account.
SV-243081r719486_ruleThe vCenter Server must disable the distributed virtual switch health check.
SV-243082r719489_ruleThe vCenter Server must set the distributed port group Forged Transmits policy to reject.
SV-243083r719492_ruleThe vCenter Server must set the distributed port group MAC Address Change policy to reject.
SV-243084r719495_ruleThe vCenter Server must set the distributed port group Promiscuous Mode policy to reject.
SV-243085r719498_ruleThe vCenter Server must only send NetFlow traffic to authorized collectors.
SV-243086r719501_ruleThe vCenter Server must configure all port groups to a value other than that of the native VLAN.
SV-243087r719504_ruleThe vCenter Server must not configure VLAN Trunking unless Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) is required and authorized.
SV-243088r719507_ruleThe vCenter Server must not configure all port groups to VLAN values reserved by upstream physical switches.
SV-243089r719510_ruleThe vCenter Server must configure the vpxuser auto-password to be changed every 30 days.
SV-243090r719513_ruleThe vCenter Server must configure the vpxuser password meets length policy.
SV-243091r719516_ruleThe vCenter Server must disable the managed object browser (MOB) at all times when not required for troubleshooting or maintenance of managed objects.
SV-243092r719519_ruleThe vCenter Server must check the privilege reassignment after restarts.
SV-243093r719522_ruleThe vCenter Server must enable all tasks to be shown to Administrators in the Web Client.
SV-243094r719525_ruleThe vCenter Server must restrict the connectivity between Update Manager and public patch repositories by use of a separate Update Manager Download Server.
SV-243095r719528_ruleThe vCenter Server must use a least-privileges assignment for the vCenter Server database user.
SV-243096r719531_ruleThe vCenter Server must use unique service accounts when applications connect to vCenter.
SV-243097r719534_rulevCenter Server plugins must be verified.
SV-243098r719537_ruleThe vCenter Server must produce audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.
SV-243099r719540_ruleThe vCenter Server passwords must be at least 15 characters in length.
SV-243100r719543_ruleThe vCenter Server passwords must contain at least one uppercase character.
SV-243101r719546_ruleThe vCenter Server passwords must contain at least one lowercase character.
SV-243102r719549_ruleThe vCenter Server passwords must contain at least one numeric character.
SV-243103r719552_ruleThe vCenter Server passwords must contain at least one special character.
SV-243104r719555_ruleThe vCenter Server must limit the maximum number of failed login attempts to three.
SV-243105r719558_ruleThe vCenter Server must set the interval for counting failed login attempts to at least 15 minutes.
SV-243106r719561_ruleThe vCenter Server must require an administrator to unlock an account locked due to excessive login failures.
SV-243107r719564_ruleThe vCenter Server users must have the correct roles assigned.
SV-243108r719567_ruleThe vCenter Server must protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information by isolating IP-based storage traffic.
SV-243109r719570_ruleThe vCenter Server must enable the vSAN Health Check.
SV-243110r719573_ruleThe vCenter Server must disable or restrict the connectivity between vSAN Health Check and public Hardware Compatibility List by use of an external proxy server.
SV-243111r719576_ruleThe vCenter Server must configure the vSAN Datastore name to a unique name.
SV-243112r719579_ruleThe vCenter Server must enable TLS 1.2 exclusively.
SV-243113r719582_ruleThe vCenter Server Machine SSL certificate must be issued by a DoD certificate authority.
SV-243114r719585_ruleThe vCenter Server must enable certificate based authentication.
SV-243115r719588_ruleThe vCenter Server must enable revocation checking for certificate-based authentication.
SV-243116r719591_ruleThe vCenter Server must disable Password and Windows integrated authentication.
SV-243117r719594_ruleThe vCenter Server must enable the login banner for vSphere Client.
SV-243118r719597_ruleThe vCenter Server must restrict access to the cryptographic role.
SV-243119r719600_ruleThe vCenter Server must restrict access to cryptographic permissions.
SV-243120r719603_ruleThe vCenter Server must have Mutual CHAP configured for vSAN iSCSI targets.
SV-243121r719606_ruleThe vCenter Server must have new Key Encryption Keys (KEKs) reissued at regular intervals for vSAN encrypted datastore(s).
SV-243122r719609_ruleThe vCenter Server must disable the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).
SV-243123r719612_ruleThe vCenter Server must use secure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAPS) when adding an SSO identity source.
SV-243124r719615_ruleThe vCenter Server must use a limited privilege account when adding an LDAP identity source.
SV-243125r719618_ruleThe vCenter Server must not automatically refresh client sessions.
SV-243126r719621_ruleThe vCenter Server must terminate management sessions after 10 minutes of inactivity.
SV-243127r719624_ruleThe vCenter Server services must be ran using a service account instead of a built-in Windows account.
SV-243128r719627_ruleThe vCenter Server must minimize access to the vCenter server.
SV-243129r719630_ruleThe vCenter Server Administrators must clean up log files after failed installations.
SV-243130r719633_ruleThe vCenter Server must enable all tasks to be shown to Administrators in the Web Client.
SV-243131r719636_ruleThe vCenter Server Administrator role must be secured and assigned to specific users other than a Windows Administrator.
SV-243132r719639_ruleThe vCenter Server must enable TLS 1.2 exclusively.
SV-243133r719642_ruleThe vCenter Server must disable Password and Windows integrated authentication.