IT Policy rule Enforce FIPS Mode of Operation (Security policy group) must be set as required.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-40410	WIR1450-48	SV-52390r1_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 (version 5.x), Part 3 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-09-30

Details

Check Text ( C-46988r2_chk )
Detailed Policy Requirements: BlackBerry FIPS level must be set to Level 1. ***For this check, set IT Policy rule “Enforce FIPS Mode of Operation” (Security policy group) to “Yes.” 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 “Enforce FIPS Mode of Operation” (Security policy group) is set as required. Mark as a finding if the IT Policy rule “Enforce FIPS Mode of Operation” (Security policy group) is not set to “Yes.” Note: This rule is applies to BlackBerry OS 7.x.

Check Text ( C-46988r2_chk )

Detailed Policy Requirements:

BlackBerry FIPS level must be set to Level 1.

*****For this check, set IT Policy rule “Enforce FIPS Mode of Operation” (Security policy group) to “Yes.”

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 “Enforce FIPS Mode of Operation” (Security policy group) is set as required.

Mark as a finding if the IT Policy rule “Enforce FIPS Mode of Operation” (Security policy group) is not set to “Yes.”

Note: This rule is applies to BlackBerry OS 7.x.

Fix Text (F-45353r1_fix)
Configure the IT Policy rule Enforce FIPS Mode of Operation as specified in the "Checks" block.