NetView install data sets are not properly protected.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-224518	SRG-OS-000080	ZNETR000	SV-224518r1082304_rule	2025-03-04	7

Description
NetView Install data sets provide the capability to use privileged functions and/or have access to sensitive data. Failure to properly restrict access to their data sets could result in violating the integrity of the base product, which could result in compromising the operating system or sensitive data.

ℹ️ Check
Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection: - SENSITVE.RPT(NETVRPT) Automated Analysis Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection: - PDI(ZNET0000) Verify that access to the NetView install data sets are properly restricted. The RACF data set rules for the data sets does not restrict UPDATE and/or ALTER access to systems programming personnel. The RACF data set rules for the datasets does not specify that all (i.e., failures and successes) UPDATE and/or ALTER access will be logged. If all of the above are untrue, this is not a finding. If any of the above is true, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection: - SENSITVE.RPT(NETVRPT) Automated Analysis Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection: - PDI(ZNET0000) Verify that access to the NetView install data sets are properly restricted. The RACF data set rules for the data sets does not restrict UPDATE and/or ALTER access to systems programming personnel. The RACF data set rules for the datasets does not specify that all (i.e., failures and successes) UPDATE and/or ALTER access will be logged. If all of the above are untrue, this is not a finding. If any of the above is true, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
The ISSO will ensure that update and allocate access to NetView install data sets is limited to system programmers only and all update and allocate access is logged. Auditors should be granted READ access. The installing systems programmer will identify and document the product data sets and categorize them according to who will have update and alter access and if required that all update and allocate access is logged. The installing systems programmer will identify if any additional groups have update access for specific data sets, and once documented, will work with the ISSO to ensure they are properly restricted to the Access Control Program (ACP) active on the system. Data sets to be protected will be: SYS2.NETVIEW SYS2A.NETVIEW SYS3.NETVIEW ad 'sys2.netview.' uacc(none) owner(sys2) - audit(success(update) failures(read)) pe 'sys2.netview.' id(syspaudt) acc(a) pe 'sys2.netview.' id(audtaudt) ad 'sys2a.netview.' uacc(none) owner(sys2a) - audit(success(update) failures(read)) pe 'sys2a.netview.' id(syspaudt) acc(a) pe 'sys2a.netview.' id(audtaudt) ad 'sys3.netview.' uacc(none) owner(sys3) - audit(success(update) failures(read)) pe 'sys3.netview.' id(syspaudt) acc(a) pe 'sys3.netvidew.**' id(audtaudt)

✔️ Fix

The ISSO will ensure that update and allocate access to NetView install data sets is limited to system programmers only and all update and allocate access is logged. Auditors should be granted READ access. The installing systems programmer will identify and document the product data sets and categorize them according to who will have update and alter access and if required that all update and allocate access is logged. The installing systems programmer will identify if any additional groups have update access for specific data sets, and once documented, will work with the ISSO to ensure they are properly restricted to the Access Control Program (ACP) active on the system. Data sets to be protected will be: SYS2.NETVIEW SYS2A.NETVIEW SYS3.NETVIEW ad 'sys2.netview.**' uacc(none) owner(sys2) - audit(success(update) failures(read)) pe 'sys2.netview.**' id(syspaudt) acc(a) pe 'sys2.netview.**' id(audtaudt) ad 'sys2a.netview.**' uacc(none) owner(sys2a) - audit(success(update) failures(read)) pe 'sys2a.netview.**' id(syspaudt) acc(a) pe 'sys2a.netview.**' id(audtaudt) ad 'sys3.netview.**' uacc(none) owner(sys3) - audit(success(update) failures(read)) pe 'sys3.netview.**' id(syspaudt) acc(a) pe 'sys3.netvidew.**' id(audtaudt)