SQL6-D0-007800 - SQL Server must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

Information

To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system.

Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors). Organizational users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses, except the following:

(i) Accesses explicitly identified and documented by the organization. Organizations document specific user actions that can be performed on the information system without identification or authentication; and
(ii) Accesses that occur through authorized use of group authenticators without individual authentication. Organizations may require unique identification of individuals using shared accounts, for detailed accountability of individual activity.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Remove user-accessible shared accounts and use individual userIDs.

Configure applications to ensure successful individual authentication prior to shared account access.

Ensure each user's identity is received and used in audit data in all relevant circumstances.

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-2, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000764, Rule-ID|SV-213963r960969_rule, STIG-ID|SQL6-D0-007800, STIG-Legacy|SV-93895, STIG-Legacy|V-79189, Vuln-ID|V-213963

Plugin: MS_SQLDB

Control ID: b7b34fa080654c73b9cd78e1eb09ebe62a629fd666489a5c6b0510a86854f180