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4.3.31 Restrict Access to SYSIBM.SYSSECURITYPOLICIES

Information

The SYSIBM.SYSSECURITYPOLICIES table contains all database security policies. It is recommended that the PUBLIC role be restricted from accessing this table.

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 SYSIBM.SYSSECURITYPOLICIES 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: 7c7309c802e95c6f6c669235bcdc7d32be4e0270e440d91569ab43df5d88053e