STIGQter: STIG Summary: Tanium 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 02 Jul 2025:

The Tanium application must provide an immediate real-time alert to the system administrator and information system security officer, at a minimum, of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.

DISA Rule

SV-253794r1099929_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-253794

Group Title

SRG-APP-000360

Rule Version

TANS-00-001320

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001858 - Provide an alert in an organization-defined real-time-period to organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations when organization-defined audit failure events requiring real-time alerts occur.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

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 "Modules" on the top navigation banner.

3. Click "Connect".

4. Click "Create Connection".

5. In the Configuration section, select "Tanium Audit Source" as the "Event Source" from the "Source" drop-down menu.

6. In the "Destination" section, select "Socket Receiver" from the drop-down menu.

7. Enter "Destination Name".

8. Enter "Host".

9. Enter "Network Protocol".

10. Enter "Port".

11. Click "Save".


Work with the SIEM administrator to configure alerts based on audit failures.

Check Contents

1. Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium application, access the Tanium application web user interface (UI) and log on with multifactor authentication.

2. Click "Modules" on the top navigation banner.

3. Select "Connect".

4. Review the configured Tanium Sources listed.

If an "Audit Log" source does not exist, this is a finding.

5. Select the "Audit Log" source.

6. Select the audit connection found in the lower half of the screen.

7. Verify the "Destination Type" is a security information and event management (SIEM) tool.

If the "Destination Type" is not a SIEM tool, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-253794

Documentable

False

Rule Version

TANS-00-001320

Severity Override Guidance

1. Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium application, access the Tanium application web user interface (UI) and log on with multifactor authentication.

2. Click "Modules" on the top navigation banner.

3. Select "Connect".

4. Review the configured Tanium Sources listed.

If an "Audit Log" source does not exist, this is a finding.

5. Select the "Audit Log" source.

6. Select the audit connection found in the lower half of the screen.

7. Verify the "Destination Type" is a security information and event management (SIEM) tool.

If the "Destination Type" is not a SIEM tool, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5476