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V-224419

CAT II (Medium)

BMC IOA resources must be properly defined and protected.

Rule ID

SV-224419r1144864_rule

STIG

z/OS BMC IOA for RACF Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V7R2

CCIs

CCI-000213CCI-002234

Discussion

BMC IOA can run with sensitive system privileges, and potentially can circumvent system controls. Failure to properly control access to product resources could result in the compromise of the operating system environment, and compromise the confidentiality of customer data. Many utilities assign resource controls that can be granted to systems programmers only in greater than read authority. Resources are also granted to certain nonsystems personnel with read only authority.

Check Content

Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection:

- SENSITVE.RPT(ZIOA0020).

Automated Analysis
Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection:

- PDI(ZIOA0020).

Verify that the accesses to resources and/or generic equivalent are properly restricted according to the requirements specified in BMC IOA Resources table in the z/OS STIG Addendum. If the following guidance is true, this is not a finding.

Note: To determine what resource class is used review the IOACLASS setting in SECPARM. The "Trigger" resources i.e., $$SECxxx (xxx is unique to the product) are defined in the FACILITY resource class.

The RACF resources are defined with a default access of NONE.

The RACF resource access authorizations restrict access to the appropriate personnel.

The RACF resource logging requirements are specified.

The RACF resource access authorizations are defined with UACC(NONE) and NOWARNING.

Fix Text

The ISSO will work with the systems programmer to verify that the following are properly specified in the Access Control Program (ACP).

Note: To determine what resource class is used review the IOACLASS setting in SECPARM. The "Trigger" resources i.e., $$SECxxx (xxx is unique to the product) are defined in the FACILITY resource class.

(Note: The resource class, resources, and/or resource prefixes identified below are examples of a possible installation. The actual resource class, resources, and/or resource prefixes are determined when the product is actually installed on a system through the product's installation guide and can be site specific.)

Use BMC IOA Resources and BMC INCONTROL Resources Descriptions tables in the z/OS STIG Addendum. These tables list the resources, descriptions, and access and logging requirements. Ensure the guidelines for the resources and/or generic equivalent specified in the z/OS STIG Addendum are followed.

The following commands are provided as a sample for implementing resource controls:

rdef $ioa $$addcnd.** uacc(none) owner(admin) -
      audit(failure(read)) -
      data('protected per zioar020')

pe $$addcnd.** cl($ioa) id(<autoaudt>) acc(alter)
pe $$addcnd.** cl($ioa) id(<operaudt>) acc(alter)
pe $$addcnd.** cl($ioa) id(<pcspaudt>) acc(alter)
pe $$addcnd.** cl($ioa) id(<prodaudt>) acc(alter)
pe $$addcnd.** cl($ioa) id(<syspaudt>) acc(alter)