Kona Site Defender providing encryption intermediary services must use NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to implement encryption services.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-76431	AKSD-WF-000024	SV-91127r1_rule		High

Description
Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The network element must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standards approved by the federal government since this provides assurance they have been tested and validated. This requirement applies only to ALGs that provide encryption intermediary services (e.g., HTTPS, TLS, or DNSSEC).

Description

Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The network element must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standards approved by the federal government since this provides assurance they have been tested and validated. This requirement applies only to ALGs that provide encryption intermediary services (e.g., HTTPS, TLS, or DNSSEC).

STIG	Date
Akamai KSD Service Impact Level 2 ALG Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-09-15

Details

Check Text ( C-76091r1_chk )
Confirm Kona Site Defender only allows NIST SP 800-52 TLS settings: 1. Navigate to the Qualys SSL Scanner: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html 2. Enter into the scanner the Hostname being tested. 3. Under the "Configurations" and then "Cipher Suites" section, verify that communications are restricted to NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to implement encryption services as defined at https://www.nist.gov/publications/guidelines-selection-configuration-and-use-transport-layer-security-tls-implementations?pub_id=915295. If the cipher suites include non-NIST FIPS-validated cryptography, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-76091r1_chk )

Confirm Kona Site Defender only allows NIST SP 800-52 TLS settings:

1. Navigate to the Qualys SSL Scanner: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html
2. Enter into the scanner the Hostname being tested.
3. Under the "Configurations" and then "Cipher Suites" section, verify that communications are restricted to NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to implement encryption services as defined at https://www.nist.gov/publications/guidelines-selection-configuration-and-use-transport-layer-security-tls-implementations?pub_id=915295.

If the cipher suites include non-NIST FIPS-validated cryptography, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-83109r1_fix)
Configure Kona Site Defender to only allow NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to implement encryption services: Contact the Akamai Professional Services team to implement the changes at 1-877-4-AKATEC (1-877-425-2832).