The VMM must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-207407	SRG-OS-000185	SRG-OS-000185-VMM-000720	SV-207407r958552_rule	2024-12-06	2

Description
Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device (e.g., disk drive and tape drive, when used for backups) within a VMM. This requirement addresses protection of user-generated data, as well as VMM-specific configuration data. Organizations may choose to employ different mechanisms to achieve confidentiality and integrity protections, as appropriate, in accordance with the security category and/or classification of the information.

Description

Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device (e.g., disk drive and tape drive, when used for backups) within a VMM. This requirement addresses protection of user-generated data, as well as VMM-specific configuration data. Organizations may choose to employ different mechanisms to achieve confidentiality and integrity protections, as appropriate, in accordance with the security category and/or classification of the information.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the VMM protects the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the VMM to protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.