The McAfee Application Control Options Inventory Updates interval option must be configured to a period not greater than 24 hours.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-74245	MCAC-TE-000116	SV-88919r1_rule		Medium

Description
This is the minimum lag between the generation of consecutive inventory updates. By configuring a period longer than 24 hours, the effectiveness of an inventory update would be lessened.

STIG	Date
McAfee Application Control 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-04-07

Details

Check Text ( C-74281r1_chk )
From the ePO server console System Tree, select the "Systems" tab. Select "This Group and All Subgroups". Select the asset to be validated. Select "Actions". Select "Agent". Select "Modify Policies on a Single System". From the product pull-down list, select Solidcore 7.x: Application Control. From the "Policy" column, select the policy associated with the Category "Application Control Options (Windows)". On the "Inventory" tab, review options selected. If the "Receive Inventory Updates Interval" is not configured to a period of "24" hours or less, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-74281r1_chk )

From the ePO server console System Tree, select the "Systems" tab.

Select "This Group and All Subgroups".

Select the asset to be validated.

Select "Actions".

Select "Agent".

Select "Modify Policies on a Single System".

From the product pull-down list, select Solidcore 7.x: Application Control.

From the "Policy" column, select the policy associated with the Category "Application Control Options (Windows)".

On the "Inventory" tab, review options selected.

If the "Receive Inventory Updates Interval" is not configured to a period of "24" hours or less, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-80787r1_fix)
From the ePO server console System Tree, select the "Systems" tab. Select "This Group and All Subgroups". Select the asset to be validated. Select "Actions". Select "Agent". Select "Modify Policies on a Single System". From the product pull-down list, select Solidcore 7.x: Application Control. From the "Policy" column, select the policy associated with the Category "Application Control Options (Windows)". On the "Inventory" tab, populate the "Inventory: Receive Inventory Updates Interval" option with a value of "24" hours or less. Click "Save".

Fix Text (F-80787r1_fix)

From the ePO server console System Tree, select the "Systems" tab.

Select "This Group and All Subgroups".

Select the asset to be validated.

Select "Actions".

Select "Agent".

Select "Modify Policies on a Single System".

From the product pull-down list, select Solidcore 7.x: Application Control.

From the "Policy" column, select the policy associated with the Category "Application Control Options (Windows)".

On the "Inventory" tab, populate the "Inventory: Receive Inventory Updates Interval" option with a value of "24" hours or less.

Click "Save".