SQL6-D0-008800 - SQL Server must uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users).

Information

Non-organizational users include all information system users other than organizational users, which include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations).

Non-organizational users must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses other than those accesses explicitly identified and documented by the organization when related to the use of anonymous access, such as accessing a web server.

Accordingly, a risk assessment is used in determining the authentication needs of the organization.

Scalability, practicality, and security are simultaneously considered in balancing the need to ensure ease of use for access to federal information and information systems with the need to protect and adequately mitigate risk to organizational operations, organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Ensure all logins are uniquely identifiable and authenticate all non-organizational users who log onto the system. This likely would be done via a combination of the operating system with unique accounts and the SQL Server by ensuring mapping to individual accounts. Verify server documentation to ensure accounts are documented and unique.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_SQL_Server_2016_Y24M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-8, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000804, Rule-ID|SV-213970r961053_rule, STIG-ID|SQL6-D0-008800, STIG-Legacy|SV-93907, STIG-Legacy|V-79201, Vuln-ID|V-213970

Plugin: MS_SQLDB

Control ID: 9d0d5180a2dfee2b01986eb68353c0b5696a1f466b6a85a6c3a0e80cc5fa60b0