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DISA STIG SQL Server 2016 Instance DB Audit v2r8

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Name: DISA STIG SQL Server 2016 Instance DB Audit v2r8

Updated: 9/19/2023

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: MS_SQLDB

Revision: 1.1

Estimated Item Count: 251

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
SQL6-D0-003600 - SQL Server must limit the number of concurrent sessions to an organization-defined number per user for all accounts and/or account types.
SQL6-D0-003700 - SQL Server must integrate with an organization-level authentication/access mechanism providing account management and automation for all users, groups, roles, and any other principals.
SQL6-D0-003900 - SQL Server must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.
SQL6-D0-004100 - SQL Server must protect against a user falsely repudiating by ensuring the NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM account is not used for administration - clustering and availability
SQL6-D0-004100 - SQL Server must protect against a user falsely repudiating by ensuring the NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM account is not used for administration - permissions
SQL6-D0-004200 - SQL Server must protect against a user falsely repudiating by ensuring only clearly unique Active Directory user accounts can connect to the instance.
SQL6-D0-004300 - SQL Server must be configured to generate audit records for DoD-defined auditable events within all DBMS/database components - audit events
SQL6-D0-004300 - SQL Server must be configured to generate audit records for DoD-defined auditable events within all DBMS/database components - installed audits
SQL6-D0-004400 - SQL Server must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.
SQL6-D0-004500 - SQL Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved - audit
SQL6-D0-004500 - SQL Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved - retrieval
SQL6-D0-004600 - SQL Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur - audit
SQL6-D0-004600 - SQL Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur - retrieval
SQL6-D0-004700 - SQL Server must initiate session auditing upon startup.
SQL6-D0-005500 - SQL Server must include additional, more detailed, organization-defined information in the audit records for audit events identified by type, location, or subject.
SQL6-D0-005600 - SQL Server 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.
SQL6-D0-005700 - SQL Server 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.
SQL6-D0-005900 - The audit information produced by SQL Server must be protected from unauthorized access, modification, and deletion.
SQL6-D0-006200 - SQL Server must protect its audit features from unauthorized access.
SQL6-D0-006300 - SQL Server must protect its audit configuration from unauthorized modification.
SQL6-D0-006400 - SQL Server must protect its audit features from unauthorized removal.
SQL6-D0-006500 - SQL Server must limit privileges to change software modules and links to software external to SQL Server.
SQL6-D0-006600 - SQL Server must limit privileges to change software modules, to include stored procedures, functions and triggers, and links to software external to SQL Server.
SQL6-D0-006900 - Default demonstration and sample databases, database objects, and applications must be removed.
SQL6-D0-007000 - Unused database components, DBMS software, and database objects must be removed.
SQL6-D0-007100 - Unused database components that are integrated in SQL Server and cannot be uninstalled must be disabled.
SQL6-D0-007200 - Access to xp_cmdshell must be disabled, unless specifically required and approved.
SQL6-D0-007300 - Access to CLR code must be disabled or restricted, unless specifically required and approved.
SQL6-D0-007400 - Access to Non-Standard extended stored procedures must be disabled or restricted, unless specifically required and approved.
SQL6-D0-007500 - Access to linked servers must be disabled or restricted, unless specifically required and approved - linked servers
SQL6-D0-007500 - Access to linked servers must be disabled or restricted, unless specifically required and approved - linked servers login
SQL6-D0-007800 - SQL Server must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).
SQL6-D0-007900 - If DBMS authentication using passwords is employed, SQL Server must enforce the DoD standards for password complexity and lifetime.
SQL6-D0-008000 - Contained databases must use Windows principals.
SQL6-D0-008200 - If passwords are used for authentication, SQL Server must transmit only encrypted representations of passwords.
SQL6-D0-008800 - SQL Server must uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users).
SQL6-D0-009500 - SQL Server must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.
SQL6-D0-009600 - The Service Master Key must be backed up, stored offline and off-site.
SQL6-D0-009700 - The Master Key must be backed up, stored offline and off-site.
SQL6-D0-009800 - SQL Server must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources.
SQL6-D0-010100 - SQL Server must reveal detailed error messages only to the ISSO, ISSM, SA, and DBA.
SQL6-D0-010400 - SQL Server must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions, to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures - assignment
SQL6-D0-010400 - SQL Server must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions, to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures - membership
SQL6-D0-010500 - Use of credentials and proxies must be restricted to necessary cases only - credentials
SQL6-D0-010500 - Use of credentials and proxies must be restricted to necessary cases only - SQL Agent Proxy accounts
SQL6-D0-010700 - SQL Server must utilize centralized management of the content captured in audit records generated by all components of SQL Server.
SQL6-D0-010800 - SQL Server must provide centralized configuration of the content to be captured in audit records generated by all components of SQL Server.
SQL6-D0-010900 - SQL Server must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.
SQL6-D0-011000 - SQL Server must provide a warning to appropriate support staff when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75% of maximum audit record storage capacity.
SQL6-D0-011100 - SQL Server must provide an immediate real-time alert to appropriate support staff of all audit log failures.