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V-206621

Database Security Requirements Guide

CAT II

Title

The DBMS must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized changes to the security subsystem could go undetected. The database could be severely compromised or rendered inoperative. To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePosi...

Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)

Deploy a DBMS capable of producing the required audit records when it denies or fails to complete attempts to modify security objects, such as tables, views, procedures, and functions. Configure the DBMS to produce audit records when it denies attempts to modify security objects, to include reads, creations, modifications, and deletions. Configure the DBMS to produce audit records when other errors prevent attempts to modify security objects, to include reads, creations, modifications, and deletions.

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