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4.2.28 Restrict Access to SYSCAT.SECURITYPOLICIES

Information

The SYSCAT.SECURITYPOLICIES view contains all database security policies. It is recommended that the PUBLIC role be restricted from accessing this view.

Rationale:

PUBLIC should not be able to view all the database security policies.

Solution

Perform the following to revoke access from PUBLIC.

Connect to the Db2 database.

db2 => connect to <dbname>

Run the following command:

db2 => REVOKE SELECT ON SYSCAT.SECURITYPOLICIES FROM PUBLIC

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23492

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

References: 800-53|AC-3, 800-53|AC-5, 800-53|AC-6, 800-53|MP-2, CSCv7|14.6

Plugin: IBM_DB2DB

Control ID: 608d42eed5847c43bfe0abfeaa4b3f5cc0d83a65f36889bfe8d0c62340241f29