The Google Search Appliance must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

From Google Search Appliance Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000764

SV-75221r1_rule The Google Search Appliance must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

Vulnerability discussion

To assure accountability and prevent unauthorized access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations). Users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) are uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses other than those accesses explicitly identified and documented by the organization which outlines specific user actions that can be performed on the information system without identification or authentication.

Check content

Open the GSA Web Admin Console at https::8443. Log on to the GSA Admin Console. Select "Administration". Select "User Accounts". If there are individual "manager" and "admin" accounts per site specific organizational requirements, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Open the GSA Web Admin Console at https::8443. Log on to the GSA Admin Console. Select "Administration". Select "User Accounts". Create appropriate "manager" and "admin" accounts per site specific organizational requirement guidance.

Pro Tips

Lavender hyperlinks in small type off to the right (of CSS class id, if you view the page source) point to globally unique URIs for each document and item. Copy the link location and paste anywhere you need to talk unambiguously about these things.

You can obtain data about documents and items in other formats. Simply provide an HTTP header Accept: text/turtle or Accept: application/rdf+xml.