DISA VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter STIG v2r1

Audit Details

Name: DISA VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter STIG v2r1

Updated: 10/22/2024

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: VMware

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 67

File Details

Filename: DISA_VMware_vSphere_8.0_vCenter_STIG_v2r1.audit

Size: 134 kB

MD5: 6e752e0b88bd4c620ce49e7e6eb3686c
SHA256: 3b83ada9968a3bdf8ea758817002cb0b46d3c8d4a81e6c4608b20ce9d9326328

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
VCSA-80-000009 The vCenter Server must use DOD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of network sessions.

ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

VCSA-80-000023 The vCenter Server must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid login attempts by a user.

ACCESS CONTROL

VCSA-80-000024 The vCenter Server must display the Standard Mandatory DOD Notice and Consent Banner before logon.

ACCESS CONTROL

VCSA-80-000034 The vCenter Server must produce audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

VCSA-80-000057 vCenter Server plugins must be verified.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000059 The vCenter Server must uniquely identify and authenticate users or processes acting on behalf of users.

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000060 The vCenter Server must require multifactor authentication.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000069 The vCenter Server passwords must be at least 15 characters in length.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000070 The vCenter Server must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000071 The vCenter Server passwords must contain at least one uppercase character.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000072 The vCenter Server passwords must contain at least one lowercase character.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000073 The vCenter Server passwords must contain at least one numeric character.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000074 The vCenter Server passwords must contain at least one special character.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000077 The vCenter Server must enable FIPS-validated cryptography.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, MAINTENANCE, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

VCSA-80-000079 The vCenter Server must enforce a 90-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000080 The vCenter Server must enable revocation checking for certificate-based authentication.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000089 The vCenter Server must terminate vSphere Client sessions after 15 minutes of inactivity.

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

VCSA-80-000095 The vCenter Server user roles must be verified.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

VCSA-80-000110 The 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).

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

VCSA-80-000123 The vCenter Server must provide an immediate real-time alert to the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO), at a minimum, on every Single Sign-On (SSO) account action.

ACCESS CONTROL

VCSA-80-000145 The vCenter Server must set the interval for counting failed login attempts to at least 15 minutes.

ACCESS CONTROL

VCSA-80-000148 The vCenter Server must be configured to send logs to a central log server.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

VCSA-80-000150 The vCenter server must provide an immediate real-time alert to the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO), at a minimum, of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000158 The vCenter Server must compare internal information system clocks at least every 24 hours with an authoritative time server.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

VCSA-80-000195 The vCenter Server Machine Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate must be issued by a DOD certificate authority.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

VCSA-80-000196 The vCenter Server must enable data at rest encryption for vSAN.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

VCSA-80-000248 The vCenter Server must disable the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000253 The vCenter server must enforce SNMPv3 security features where SNMP is required.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000265 The vCenter server must disable SNMPv1/2 receivers.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCSA-80-000266 The vCenter Server must require an administrator to unlock an account locked due to excessive login failures.

ACCESS CONTROL

VCSA-80-000267 The vCenter Server must disable the distributed virtual switch health check.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000268 The vCenter Server must set the distributed port group Forged Transmits policy to "Reject".

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000269 The vCenter Server must set the distributed port group Media Access Control (MAC) Address Change policy to "Reject".

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000270 The vCenter Server must set the distributed port group Promiscuous Mode policy to "Reject".

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000271 The vCenter Server must only send NetFlow traffic to authorized collectors.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000272 The vCenter Server must configure all port groups to a value other than that of the native virtual local area network (VLAN).

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000273 The vCenter Server must not configure VLAN Trunking unless Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) is required and authorized.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000274 The vCenter Server must not configure all port groups to virtual local area network (VLAN) values reserved by upstream physical switches.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000275 The vCenter Server must configure the "vpxuser" auto-password to be changed every 30 days.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000276 The vCenter Server must configure the "vpxuser" password to meet length policy.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000277 The vCenter Server must be isolated from the public internet but must still allow for patch notification and delivery.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000278 The vCenter Server must use unique service accounts when applications connect to vCenter.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000279 The vCenter Server must protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information by isolating Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage traffic.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000280 The vCenter server must be configured to send events to a central log server.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

VCSA-80-000281 The vCenter Server must disable or restrict the connectivity between vSAN Health Check and public Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) by use of an external proxy server.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000282 The vCenter Server must configure the vSAN Datastore name to a unique name.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000283 The vCenter Server must disable Username/Password and Windows Integrated Authentication.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000284 The vCenter Server must restrict access to the default roles with cryptographic permissions.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000285 The vCenter Server must restrict access to cryptographic permissions.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCSA-80-000286 The vCenter Server must have Mutual Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) configured for vSAN Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) targets.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT