IT Policy rule “FIPS Level” (Security policy group) is set as required.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-19725	WIR1450-10	SV-21866r3_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Data stored on the Blackberry or transmitted by the Blackberry could be compromised if not encrypted according to DoD/NIST standards.

STIG	Date
BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Part 3 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2011-04-11

Details

Check Text ( C-24162r3_chk )
Detailed Policy Requirements: BlackBerry FIPS level must be set to Level 1. ***For this check, set IT Policy rule “FIPS Level” (Security policy group) to “1 (FIPS 140-2 Level 1).” Check Procedures: This is a BES IT Policy check. Recommend that all checks related to BES IT policies be reviewed using the procedure in Check WIR1400-01 (V0003545). ***Verify IT Policy rule “FIPS Level” (Security policy group) is set as required. Note: This rule is obsolete in BlackBerry® Enterprise Server versions 4.1 SP3 and later and BlackBerry® Device Software versions 4.2.1and later.

Check Text ( C-24162r3_chk )

Detailed Policy Requirements:

BlackBerry FIPS level must be set to Level 1.

*****For this check, set IT Policy rule “FIPS Level” (Security policy group) to “1 (FIPS 140-2 Level 1).”

Check Procedures:

This is a BES IT Policy check. Recommend that all checks related to BES IT policies be reviewed
using the procedure in Check WIR1400-01 (V0003545).

*****Verify IT Policy rule “FIPS Level” (Security policy group) is set as required.

Note: This rule is obsolete in BlackBerry® Enterprise Server versions 4.1 SP3 and later and BlackBerry® Device Software versions 4.2.1and later.

Fix Text (F-23386r1_fix)
Configure the IT Policy rule as specified in the "Checks" block.