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Firewall rules must be configured on the Tanium Endpoints for Client-to-Server communications.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-254905TANS-AP-000355SV-254905r1043177_ruleCCI-000382medium
Description
In addition to the client-to-server TCP communication that takes place over port 17472, Tanium Clients also communicate to other Tanium-managed computers over port 17472. Without proper firewall configurations, proper TCP communications may not take place as necessary for application functionality. The Tanium environment can perform hundreds or thousands of times faster than other security or systems management tools because the Tanium Clients communicate in secure, linearly-controlled peer-to-peer rings. Because clients dynamically communicate with other nearby agents based on proximity and latency, rings tend to form automatically to match a customer’s topology—endpoints in California will form one ring while endpoints in Germany will form a separate ring.
STIGDate
Tanium 7.x Application on TanOS Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-02-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CFG-01Configuration Management Program
1.00
CFG-03Least Functionality
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (33) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-17(9)Disconnect or Disable Access
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(8)Privilege Levels for Code Execution
1.00
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00

+23 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.4.6
1.00
CCI1 mapping
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

Who does this work

5 NICE work roles and 5 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-254905r1043177_chk)

Note: This check is performed for the Tanium Endpoints and must be validated against the enterprise firewall solution (e.g., Endpoint Security Solution Firewall, Microsoft Windows Defender Firewall setting, Microsoft Advance Threat Protection Firewall, etc.) policies applied to the Endpoints. 1. Consult with the personnel who maintain the Enterprise Security Suite configuration for assistance. 2. Validate a rule exists within the firewall policies for managed clients for the following: 2A. Port Needed: Tanium Clients or Zone Clients over TCP port 17472, bi-directionally. If a host-based firewall rule does not exist to allow TCP port 17472, bi-directionally, this is a finding. 3. Consult with the boundary network firewall administrator and validate rules exist for the following: 3A. Allow TCP traffic on port 17472 from any computer to be managed on a local area network to any other computer to be managed on the same local area network. If a network firewall rule does not exist to allow TCP port 17472 from any managed computer to any other managed computer on the same local area network, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-58462r867614_fix)

1. Consult with the personnel who maintain the Enterprise Security Suite to configure host-based and network firewall rules to allow the following: 1A. Tanium Clients or Zone Clients over TCP port 17472, bi-directionally. 2. Consult with the boundary network firewall administrator to create a rule to allow the following: 2A. TCP traffic on port 17472 from any computer to be managed on a local area network to any other computer to be managed on the same local area network.