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V-213939

MS SQL Server 2016 Instance Security Technical Implementation Guide

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SQL Server must generate audit records when attempts to access privileges, categorized information, and security objects occur.

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<VulnDiscussion>Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, monitoring must be possible. DBMSs typically make such information available through views or functions. This requirement addresses explicit requests for privilege/permission/role membership information. It does not refer to the implicit retrieval of privileges/permissions/role memberships that SQL Server continually performs to determine if any and every ...

Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)

Deploy an audit to audit the retrieval of privilege/permission/role membership information. See the supplemental file "SQL 2016 Audit.sql".

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