Tanium endpoint files must be protected from file encryption actions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-78595	TANS-CL-000012	SV-93301r1_rule		Medium

Description

Similar to any other host-based applications, the Tanium Client is subject to the restrictions other System-level software may place on an operating environment. That is to say that Antivirus, Encryption, or other security and management stack software may disallow the Client from working as expected. https://docs.tanium.com/platform_install/platform_install/reference_host_system_security_exceptions.html

STIG	Date
Tanium 7.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-07-09

Details

Check Text (C-78165r1_chk)

Consult with the Tanium System Administrator to determine the file-based encryption software used on the Tanium clients.

Review the settings for the file-based encryption software.

Validate exclusions exist that exclude the Tanium program files from being encrypted by the file-based encryption software.

If exclusions do not exist, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85331r1_fix)

Implement excluding policies within the file-based encryption software solution to exclude the file level encryption of the Tanium client program files.