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Create SCA policy for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS #23194

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SCA Create

Main tasks

  • Use the latest CIS benchmark PDF from https://downloads.cisecurity.org/#/
  • Verify IDs numbers.
  • Verify texts are correct: Title, Description, Rationale and Remediation.
  • Verify Compliance: CIS, CIS_CSC.
  • Verify condition and rules:
    • To Pass.
    • To Fail.

Checks

Syntax and semantic

  • a) ID of each policy must be contiguous.
  • b) The order and format set in Documentation must be respected.
  • c) YML must be valid to avoid errors.

Content

  • a) Compare each check with its analog from CIS Benchmark.
  • b) Try maintaining each rule as similar as possible with the Audit section from the CIS check.
  • c) Check that the commands provide the expected output.
  • d) When a failure is discovered, check similar policies to avoid repetition of the issue.

Unit testing

  • a) Output from agent.log after the SCA scan and a raw output of the result of the checks.
Tests results

Analysisd (server or local)

analysisd.debug=2

Auth daemon debug (server)

authd.debug=0

Exec daemon debug (server, local, or Unix agent)

execd.debug=0

Monitor daemon debug (server, local, or Unix agent)

monitord.debug=0

Log collector (server, local or Unix agent)

logcollector.debug=0

Integrator daemon debug (server, local or Unix agent)

integrator.debug=0

Unix agentd

agent.debug=2

Deployment

  • a) If the policy it's new, it must be added to the sca.files templates.
  • b) If the OS has many supported SCA policies, a policy must be set as the default policy. (as example)
  • Create SPECS issue
  • Create check files issue

Documentation

  • a) Ensure documentation SCA list includes the created or updated SCA.

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