The VMM must notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) when accounts are disabled.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-207429	SRG-OS-000276	SRG-OS-000276-VMM-000980	SV-207429r984228_rule	2024-12-06	2

Description
When VMM accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual VMM users or for identifying the VMM processes themselves. Sending notification of account disabling events to the system administrator and ISSO is one method for mitigating this risk. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that VMM accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and also provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many VMMs can be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

Description

When VMM accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual VMM users or for identifying the VMM processes themselves. Sending notification of account disabling events to the system administrator and ISSO is one method for mitigating this risk. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that VMM accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and also provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many VMMs can be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the VMM notifies the SA and ISSO when accounts are disabled. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the VMM to notify the SA and ISSO when accounts are disabled.