The network element must issue public key certificates under an appropriate certificate policy or obtain public key certificates under an appropriate certificate policy from an approved service provider.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000227-FW-NA	SRG-NET-000227-FW-NA	SRG-NET-000227-FW-NA_rule		Medium

Description
For user certificates, each organization attains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB policy. For federal agencies operating a legacy public key infrastructure cross-certified with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority at medium assurance or higher, this Certification Authority will suffice. This requirement focuses on certificates with a visibility external to the information system and does not include certificates related to internal system operations. This control does not apply to the functionality of the firewall.

Description

For user certificates, each organization attains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB policy. For federal agencies operating a legacy public key infrastructure cross-certified with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority at medium assurance or higher, this Certification Authority will suffice. This requirement focuses on certificates with a visibility external to the information system and does not include certificates related to internal system operations. This control does not apply to the functionality of the firewall.

STIG	Date
Firewall Security Requirements Guide	2012-12-10

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000227-FW-NA_chk )
This requirement is NA for firewall. No fix required.

Fix Text (F-SRG-NET-000227-FW-NA_fix)
This requirement is NA for firewall. No fix required.