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Check: SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

General Purpose Operating System SRG: SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059 (in versions v2 r7 through v1 r4)

Title

The operating system must uniquely identify peripherals before establishing a connection. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Peripherals include, but are not limited to, such devices as flash drives, external storage, and printers.

Check Content

Verify the operating system uniquely identifies peripherals before establishing a connection. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the operating system to uniquely identify peripherals before establishing a connection.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-203647r557188_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-203647

Group Title: SRG-OS-000114

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000778	The information system uniquely identifies an organization-defined list of specific and/or types of devices before establishing a local, remote, or network connection.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
IA-3	Device Identification And Authentication