The ALG providing authentication and access intermediary services must retain the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users acknowledge the usage conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000042-ALG-000023	SRG-NET-000042-ALG-000023	SRG-NET-000042-ALG-000023_rule		Medium

Description
The banner must be acknowledged by the user prior to allowing the user access to the network. This provides assurance that the user has seen the message and accepted the conditions for access. If the consent banner is not acknowledged by the user, DoD will not be in compliance with system use notifications required by law. To establish acceptance of the application usage policy, a click-through banner at application logon is required. The network element must prevent further activity until the user executes a positive action to manifest agreement by clicking on a box indicating "OK". This policy only applies to gateways (e.g., identity management or authentication gateways) that provide user account services as part of the intermediary services.

Description

The banner must be acknowledged by the user prior to allowing the user access to the network. This provides assurance that the user has seen the message and accepted the conditions for access. If the consent banner is not acknowledged by the user, DoD will not be in compliance with system use notifications required by law. To establish acceptance of the application usage policy, a click-through banner at application logon is required. The network element must prevent further activity until the user executes a positive action to manifest agreement by clicking on a box indicating "OK". This policy only applies to gateways (e.g., identity management or authentication gateways) that provide user account services as part of the intermediary services.

STIG	Date
Application Layer Gateway Security Requirements Guide	2014-06-27

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000042-ALG-000023_chk )
If the ALG does not provide authentication and access intermediary services, this is not a finding. Verify the ALG retains the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users acknowledge the usage conditions and takes explicit actions to log on for further access. If the ALG does not retain the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users acknowledge the usage conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000042-ALG-000023_chk )

If the ALG does not provide authentication and access intermediary services, this is not a finding.

Verify the ALG retains the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users acknowledge the usage conditions and takes explicit actions to log on for further access.

If the ALG does not retain the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users acknowledge the usage conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-NET-000042-ALG-000023_fix)
Configure the ALG to retain the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users acknowledge the usage conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access.