V-253864
Tanium 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
Title
The Tanium "max_soap_sessions_per_user" setting must be explicitly enabled to limit the number of simultaneous sessions.
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Application management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize an application. Limiting the number of allowed users and sessions per user is helpful in limiting risks related to denial-of-service attacks. This requirement may be met via the application or by using information system session control provided by a web server with specialized session management capabilities. If it has been specified that this requirement will be handled b...
Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)
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 "Platform Settings". 4. Click "Create Setting". 5. Select "Server" box for "Setting Type". 6. In "Create Platform Setting" dialog box, enter "max_soap_sessions_per_user" for "Name". 7. Select "Numeric" radio button from "Value Type". 8. Enter "1024" for the "Value:". 9. Click "Save". 10. Add this setting to the system documentation for validation.