The application must electronically verify Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-222525	APSC-DV-001570	SV-222525r961497_rule		Medium

Description
The use of PIV credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the risk of unauthorized access. DoD has mandated the use of the CAC to support identity management and personal authentication for systems covered under HSPD 12, as well as a primary component of layered protection for national security systems. If the application does not verify the credentials provided, user authentication cannot be established which places the integrity and confidentiality of the application at risk.

Description

The use of PIV credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the risk of unauthorized access. DoD has mandated the use of the CAC to support identity management and personal authentication for systems covered under HSPD 12, as well as a primary component of layered protection for national security systems. If the application does not verify the credentials provided, user authentication cannot be established which places the integrity and confidentiality of the application at risk.

STIG	Date
Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-05

Details

Check Text ( C-24195r493483_chk )
Review the application documentation and interview the application administrator to identify application access methods. If the application is not PK-enabled due to the hosted data being publicly releasable, this check is not applicable. Ask the application administrator to log on to the application. Validate the application prompts the user to provide a certificate from the CAC. Validate the application requests the user to input their CAC PIN. If the application allows access without requiring a CAC, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-24195r493483_chk )

Review the application documentation and interview the application administrator to identify application access methods.

If the application is not PK-enabled due to the hosted data being publicly releasable, this check is not applicable.

Ask the application administrator to log on to the application.

Validate the application prompts the user to provide a certificate from the CAC.

Validate the application requests the user to input their CAC PIN.

If the application allows access without requiring a CAC, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-24184r493484_fix)
Configure the application to require CAC authentication.