[Servercert-wg] Voting Begins: Ballot SC29v3: System Configuration Management

[Ben Wilson]

Mozilla votes "Yes" on Ballot SC29v3.

On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 3:49 AM Neil Dunbar via Servercert-wg <
servercert-wg at cabforum.org> wrote:

> TrustCor votes YES on Ballot SC29v3.
>
> Neil
> On 30/04/2020 15:15, Neil Dunbar via Servercert-wg wrote:
>
> This begins the voting period for the Ballot SC29v3: System Configuration
> Management
>
> Having consulted on-list to see if the voluntary moratorium on changes was
> over, I got no objection to proceeding with voting on this ballot, so here
> it is.
> Purpose of Ballot:
>
> Two sections of the current NSRs contain requirements for configuration
> management. Section 1(h) demands a weekly review and Section 3(a) a process
> to monitor, detect and report on security-related configuration changes.
>
> There was consensus in the discussions of the Network Security Subgroup
> that unauthorized or unintentional configuration changes can introduce high
> security risks but the current wording allows CAs to comply with s1(h)
> without noticing such a change for several days. Whether the weekly human
> reviews have to be performed every 7 days or just once per week is a matter
> of interpretation but for the discussion of our proposal this is
> immaterial. The change we are proposing seeks to encourage CAs to rely on
> continuous monitoring rather than human reviews because alerts created by a
> continuous monitoring solution can notify a CA by orders of magnitude
> earlier than a human review i.e. within minutes not within days.
>
> To answer the question as to whether automated patching via defined
> software vendor repositories is allowed: the answer is YES - this is
> allowed by the text of the ballot. The proposers and seconders publish no
> judgement on the desirability of such a process, but if it defined and
> documented per the terms of the ballot, such a process does not contravene
> the text of this ballot.
>
> The GitHub redline is:
> https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/16a5a9b...neildunbar:aefc8ad?diff=split
>
> Regards,
>
> Neil
>
> *--- MOTION BEGINS ---*
>
> *This ballot modifies the “Network and Certificate System Security
> Requirements” based on Version 1.3.*
>
>
>
> *(Each CA or Delegated Third Party SHALL) (...) *
>
> *Insert as new Section 1(h)*
>
> *Ensure that the CA’s security policies encompass a change management
> process, following the principles of documentation, approval and review,
> and to ensure that all changes to Certificate Systems, Issuing Systems,
> Certificate Management Systems, Security Support Systems, and Front-End /
> Internal-Support Systems follow said change management process;*
>
>
> *Remove from Section 3(a) *
>
> *Implement a Security Support System under the control of CA or Delegated
> Third Party Trusted Roles that monitors, detects, and reports any
> security-related configuration change to Certificate Systems;*
>
> *Insert as new Section 3(a)*
>
> *Implement a System under the control of CA or Delegated Third Party that
> continuously monitors, detects, and alerts personnel to any modification to
> Certificate Systems, Issuing Systems, Certificate Management Systems,
> Security Support Systems, and Front-End / Internal-Support Systems unless
> the change has been authorized through a change management process.  The CA
> or Delegated Third Party shall respond to the alert and initiate a plan of
> action within at most twenty-four (24) hours.*
>
> *Effective date*
>
>
> *The changes introduced by this Ballot take effect on 1 November 2020.
> Earlier adoption is permitted. *
>
>
> *--- MOTION ENDS --- *
> This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline.
>
> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
>
> Discussion (7+ days)
>
> Start Time: 2020-04-14 17:00:00 UTC
>
> End Time: 2020-04-30 17:00:00 UTC
>
> Vote for approval (7 days)
>
> Start Time: 2020-04-30 17:00:00 UTC
>
> End Time: 2020-05-07 17:00:00 UTC
>
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