Checklist Summary:

The Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) is published as a tool to improve the security of the Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements were developed from the General Purpose Operating System (GPOS) Security Requirements Guide (SRG).

Checklist Role:

• Operating System

Known Issues:

Not provided.

Target Audience:

Parties within the DoD and Federal Government’s computing environments can obtain the applicable STIG from the Information Assurance Support Environment (IASE) website. This site contains the latest copies of any STIGs, SRGs, and other related security information. The address for the IASE site is http://iase.disa.mil/.

Target Operational Environment:

• Managed
• Specialized Security-Limited Functionality (SSLF)

Testing Information:

Not provided.

Regulatory Compliance:

This document is provided under the authority of DoDI 8500.01.

Comments/Warnings/Miscellaneous:

Not provided.

Disclaimer:

Not provided.

Product Support:

Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil. DISA will coordinate all change requests with the relevant DoD organizations before inclusion in this document. Approved changes will be made in accordance with the DISA maintenance release schedule.

Point of Contact:

disa.stig_spt@mail.mil

Sponsor:

Not provided.

Licensing:

Not provided.

Change History:

New Checklist - 8/2/2018
Updated to FINAL - 9/4/2018
updated to Ver 1, Rel 2 - 4/30/19
Updated URLs - 6/5/19
updated resource title - 11/6/19
updated URLs per DISA - 1/21/2020
added benchmark per DISA - 3/13/2020
Updated URLs per DISA - 4/24/2020
updated URLs - 8/3/2020
updated URLs - 10/27/2020

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NIST checklist record last modified on 10/27/2020