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SYMP-AG-000060 – Symantec ProxySG must implement security policies that enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources by employing identity-based, role-based, and/or attribute-based security policies.

Details

Successful authentication must not automatically give an entity access to an asset or security boundary. The lack of authorization-based access control could result in the immediate compromise and unauthorized access to sensitive information. All DoD systems must be properly configured to incorporate access control methods that do not rely solely on authentication for authorized access.

Authorization is the process of determining whether an entity, once authenticated, is permitted to access a specific asset. Information systems use access control policies and enforcement mechanisms to implement this requirement. Authorization procedures and controls must be implemented to ensure each authenticated entity also has a validated and current authorization.

Access control policies include identity-based policies, role-based policies, and attribute-based policies. Access enforcement mechanisms include access control lists, access control matrices, and cryptography. ALGs must use these policies and mechanisms to control access on behalf of the application for which it is acting as intermediary.

Solution

Obtain the SSP with the site’s security policy. Configure the ProxySG to enforce approved authorizations by employing identity-based, role-based, and/or attribute-based authorization for access to proxied websites.

1. Log on to the web Management Console.
2. Click Configuration >> Visual Policy Manager.
3. Click ‘Launch’.
4. For each Web Access Layer that is configured, right-click the ‘Source’ of each column and click ‘Set’.
5. Select the users, groups, roles, and attributes as required by the site’s security policy.
6. Click File >> Install Policy on SG Appliance.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system BlueCoat.

References

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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