STIGUI
V-253786CAT II — Medium severitySV-253786r1067649_rule

The Tanium application must restrict the ability of individuals to use information systems to launch organization-defined denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against other information systems.

Rule version TANS-00-001165 · STIG v2 · 2025-05-14

Discussion

The Tanium Action Approval feature provides a two-person integrity control mechanism designed to achieve a high level of security and reduce the possibility of error for critical operations and DoS conditions.

When this feature is enabled, an action configured by one Tanium console user will require a second Tanium console user with a role of Action Approver (or higher) to approve the action before it is deployed to targeted computers.

Check

1. Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium application, access the Tanium application web user interface (UI) and log on with multifactor authentication.

2. Click "Administration" on the top navigation banner.

3. Under "Configuration", select "Settings".

4. Click the "Advanced Settings" tab.

5. In the "Filter items" search box, type "require_action_approval".

6. Click "Enter".

If no results are returned, this is a finding.

If results are returned for "require_action_approval", but the value is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix

1. Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium application, access the Tanium application web UI and log on with multifactor authentication.

2. Click "Administration" on the top navigation banner.

3. Under "Configuration", select "Settings".

4. Click the "Advanced Settings" tab.

5. Click "Create Setting".

6. Select "Server" box for "Setting Type".

7. In "Create Platform Setting" dialog box, enter "require_action_approval" does not exist: Flag for "Name".

8. Select "Numeric" radio button for "Value Type".

9. Enter "1" for "Value".

10. Click "Save".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-253786
Group title
SRG-APP-000246
Rule ID
SV-253786r1067649_rule
Check ID
C-57238r1067647_chk
Fix ID
F-57189r1067648_fix