Sunday, February 24, 2019

DoD: Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)

Abstract:

The US Department of Defense [DoD] released a document in regard to issued instruction 6500.01 which declared Defense Information Systems Agency [DISA] "develops and maintains control... security technical implementation guides (STIGs)... that implement and are consistent with DoD cybersecurity policies, standards, architectures, security controls, and validation procedures, with the support of the NA/CSS, using input from stakeholders". This resulted in the release of such documents.

STIGs

Security demands the rigorous standards which must abide by, uniformly, since security is only as good as it's weakest link. The DoD offers Oracle Solaris UNIX Operating System Security Technical Implementation Guides, for SPARC & Intel, as well as for Solaris 10 & 11. 

[html] Index
[zip] STIG - Solaris 10 SPARC Version  1 Release 24
[zip] STIG - Solaris 10 x86 Version  1 Release 24
[zip] STIG - Solaris 10 SPARC Version  1 Release 16
[zip] STIG - Solaris 10 x86 Version  1 Release 16

Conclusions

Solaris, for both SPARC and Intel Platforms, continue to be the safest platforms for implementing systems on, in the world. It should be noted that Solaris 10 is fast approaching end-of-life, therefore Solaris 11 should be considered a primary platform for implementation.

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