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V-216467

CAT II (Medium)

The operating system must employ malicious code protection mechanisms at workstations, servers, or mobile computing devices on the network to detect and eradicate malicious code transported by electronic mail, electronic mail attachments, web accesses, removable media, or other common means.

Rule ID

SV-216467r959010_rule

STIG

Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

In order to minimize potential negative impact to the organization caused by malicious code, it is imperative that malicious code is identified and eradicated prior to entering protected enclaves via operating system entry and exit points. The requirement states that AV and malware protection applications must be used at entry and exit points. For the operating system, this means an anti-virus application must be installed on machines that are the entry and exit points.

Check Content

The operator will ensure that anti-virus software is installed and operating.

If the operator is unable to provide a documented configuration for an installed anti-virus software system or if not properly used, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The operator will ensure that anti-virus software is installed and operating.