BES IT Policy rule must be configured as required. IT Policy rule “Disable Public Social Networking Applications” (Security policy group) must be set as required.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-19735	WIR1450-20	SV-21881r2_rule	ECSC-1	Low

Description
Public Social Networking Applications and sites are known to be infested with malware.

STIG	Date
BlackBerry Enterprise Server (version 5.x), Part 3 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-03-21

Details

Check Text ( C-24177r2_chk )
Detailed Policy Requirements: User access to Public Social Networking Applications will be blocked. ***For this check, set IT Policy rule “Disable Public Social Networking Applications” (Security policy group) to “Yes". Check Procedures: This is a BES IT Policy check. Recommend all checks related to BES IT policies be reviewed using the procedure in Check WIR1400-01 (V0003545). ***Verify IT Policy rule “Disable Public Social Networking Applications” (Security policy group) is set as required.

Check Text ( C-24177r2_chk )

Detailed Policy Requirements:

User access to Public Social Networking Applications will be blocked.

*****For this check, set IT Policy rule “Disable Public Social Networking Applications” (Security policy group) to “Yes".

Check Procedures:

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

*****Verify IT Policy rule “Disable Public Social Networking Applications” (Security policy group) is set as required.

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