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V-224611

CAT II (Medium)

BMC Mainview for z/OS Started task(s) must be properly defined to the Started Task Table ACID for Top Secret.

Rule ID

SV-224611r1146082_rule

STIG

z/OS BMC MAINVIEW for z/OS for TSS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V7R2

CCIs

CCI-000764

Discussion

Access to product resources should be restricted to only those individuals responsible for the application connectivity and who have a requirement to access these resources. Improper control of product resources could potentially compromise the operating system, ACP, and customer data.

Check Content

Refer to the following report produced by the TSS Data Collection:

- TSSCMDS.RPT(#STC).

Automated Analysis
Refer to the following report produced by the TSS Data Collection:

- PDI(ZMVZ0032).

If the BMC Mainview for z/OS started task(s) is (are) defined in the TSS STC record, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

The BMC Mainview for z/OS systems programmer and the ISSO will ensure that a product's started task(s) is (are) properly identified and/or defined to the system ACP. 

A unique ACID must be assigned for the BMC Mainview for z/OS started task(s) through a corresponding STC table entry.

The following sample set of commands is shown here as a guideline:

TSS ADD(STC) PROCNAME(MV$CAS) ACID(MV$CAS)
TSS ADD(STC) PROCNAME(MV$MVS) ACID(MV$MVS)