U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Checklist Repository

The National Checklist Program (NCP), defined by the NIST SP 800-70, is the U.S. government repository of publicly available security checklists (or benchmarks) that provide detailed low level guidance on setting the security configuration of operating systems and applications.

NCP provides metadata and links to checklists of various formats including checklists that conform to the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). SCAP enables validated security products to automatically perform configuration checking using NCP checklists. For more information relating to the NCP please visit the information page or the glossary of terms.
Please note that the current search fields have been adjusted to reflect NIST SP 800-70 Revision 4.

Search for Checklists using the fields below. The keyword search will search across the name, and summary.

There are 4 matching records.

Name (Version) Target Authority Last Modified Resources
CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Benchmark (2.2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Center for Internet Security (CIS)
02/20/2024 Prose - CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Benchmark v2.2.1
Red Hat 5 STIG (Version 1, Release 18) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Defense Information Systems Agency
09/11/2019 SCAP 1.1 Content - Sunset - Red Hat 5 STIG Benchmark - Ver 1, Rel 19
Standalone XCCDF 1.1.4 - Sunset - Red Hat 5 Manual STIG - Ver 1, Rel 18
DoD Consensus Security Configuration Checklist for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (2.0) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Department of Defense
10/30/2018 SCAP 1.0 Content - RHEL 5 SCAP
Puppet Module - RHEL 5 Puppet Module
Prose - D0D RHEL5 security recommendations
USGCB Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop (1.2.5.0) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
USGCB/TIS
03/30/2018 SCAP 1.1 Content - USGCB Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop
Puppet Module - RHEL 5 Puppet Module
Reference Link - Kickstart file
Prose - USGCB-RHEL5-Desktop-Issues-Version-1.0.5.0
Prose - USGCB-RHEL5-Desktop-Settings-Version-1.0.5.0
* This checklist is still undergoing review for inclusion into the NCP.