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OVERVIEW •
Delivers practical security guidance, baselines, and associated validation mechanisms using the Secure Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) – –
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Current content for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ,JBoss, JRE…. Prioritizing future content based on community input
Current upstream source for STIG and SNAC Guides – – – –
DISA JBoss Enterprise Application Platform STIG DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 & 7 STIGs National Security Agency SNAC Guide Department of Justice CJIS Baselines
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OVERVIEW •
The SSG represents a comprehensive catalog of security controls
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Metadata maps specific rules to formalized policies – – –
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NIST 800-53 DISA OS SRG CCE’s
XSL Transformations generate profiles – –
“Show me all the rules tagged with DISA OS SRG so I can make a STIG” “Show me all the rules I need for a NIST 800-53 H/L/L system”
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OPEN SOURCE BENEFITS •
Powerful collaboration tools available – – –
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Wiki, mailing list, ticketing system, versioning systems Permit and encourage internet-wide collaboration Change is transparent, and accountable
Enables transparent collaboration – – –
Direct vendor, system Integrator, and industry partner involvement Speeds content development and testing Reduces government waste, centralizes baseline development
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YES, GOVERNMENT CAN CONTRIBUTE! •
Worked with NSA General Council and Red Hat to update Fedora Contributor Agreement
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SSG COMMUNITY
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SSG COMMUNITY •
In a Nutshell, the community….. – – –
…. Has had 3,208 commits from 107 contributors, representing over 1.2M lines of code …. Has participation from all cabnet-level agencies …. Commercially shipping in Enterprise Linux
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SSG DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP
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DISA STIG, VERSION 1, RELEASE 2, SECTION 1.1: “The consensus content was developed using an open source project called SCAP Security Guide. The project’s website is https://fedorahosted.org/scap-security-guide/. Except for differences in formatting to accommodate the DISA STIG publishing process, the content of the RHEL6 STIG should mirror the SCAP Security Guide content with only minor divergences as updates from multiple sources work through the consensus process”
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