6.12 Restrict Access to SYSCAT.SECURITYPOLICIES

Information

The SYSCAT.SECURITYPOLICIES view contains all database security policies. It is recommended that the PUBLIC role be restricted from accessing this view.

Solution

Perform the following to revoke access from PUBLIC.
1. Connect to the DB2 database.
db2 => connect to $DB2DATABASE user $USERNAME using $PASSWORD
2. Run the following command from the DB2 command window-
db2 => REVOKE SELECT ON SYSCAT SYSCAT.SECURITYPOLICIES FROM PUBLIC

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/162

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6

Plugin: IBM_DB2DB

Control ID: a29d7d927f873e48bd7bddde843e26bfee80cecc106ec04c1ae532ea5022ed49