Topic

Hardening server application configurations

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

must

Mar 2023

Default accounts or credentials for server applications, including for any pre-configured accounts, are changed.

An existing control relating to default database administrator accounts being disabled, renamed or having their credentials changed was expanded to cover default accounts for all server applications.

Mar 2022

Default database administrator accounts are disabled, renamed or have their credentials changed.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and recommendations throughout the publication to clarify content without changing intent. This included a review from the Guidelines for System Hardening chapter through to the Guidelines for Data Transfers chapter.

2015

Default database administrator accounts must be disabled, renamed or have theirpassphrases changed.