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Check: RACF-SH-000060

IBM z/OS RACF STIG: RACF-SH-000060 (in versions v9 r3 through v8 r6)

Title

IBM z/OS, for PKI-based authentication, must use the ICSF or ESM for key management. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without mapping the certificate used to authenticate to the user account, the ability to determine the identity of the individual user or group will not be available for forensic analysis.

Check Content

Any keys or Certificates must be managed in ICSF or the external security manager and not in UNIX files. From the ISPF Command Shell enter: OMVS enter find / -name *.kdb and find / -name *.jks If any files are present, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Define all Keys/Certificates to ICSF or the security database. Remove all .kdb and .jks key files.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-223811r998380_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-223811

Group Title: SRG-OS-000068-GPOS-00036

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.
Number Definition
CCI-000187

For public key-based authentication, map the authenticated identity to the account of the individual or group.
CCI-004910

Provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.
Number Title
IA-5(2)

Pki-based Authentication