DB2X-00-005400 - DB2 must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.

Information

This control is intended to address the confidentiality and integrity of information at rest in non-mobile devices and covers user information and system information. Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device (e.g., disk drive, tape drive) within an organizational information system. Applications and application users generate information throughout the course of their application use.

User data generated, as well as application-specific configuration data, needs to be protected. Organizations may choose to employ different mechanisms to achieve confidentiality and integrity protections, as appropriate.

If the confidentiality and integrity of application data is not protected, the data will be open to compromise and unauthorized modification.

Solution

To create the database using DB2 native encryption run the following command:

$db2 create db <database name> encrypt

Note: Select the following link for details on how to set up DB2 native encryption:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPGG_10.5.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.admin.sec.doc/doc/t0061766.html?lang=en

If a third-party tool is used for database encryption (IBM highly recommends using IBM Guardium) use the third-party tool's specific check and fix.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_DB2_V10-5_LUW_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-28, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001199, Rule-ID|SV-213706r879642_rule, STIG-ID|DB2X-00-005400, STIG-Legacy|SV-89175, STIG-Legacy|V-74501, Vuln-ID|V-213706

Plugin: IBM_DB2DB

Control ID: 27ddfffc2f45e5a4ad842f0cf43edda4a1c0bb3f9a7f4990f06936329b2b1dab