The operating system must implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56641	SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014	SV-70901r1_rule		Medium

Description
Without confidentiality protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote access session. Remote access is access to DoD nonpublic information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access methods include, for example, dial-up, broadband, and wireless. Encryption provides a means to secure the remote connection to prevent unauthorized access to the data traversing the remote access connection (e.g., RDP), thereby providing a degree of confidentiality. The encryption strength of a mechanism is selected based on the security categorization of the information.

Description

Without confidentiality protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote access session. Remote access is access to DoD nonpublic information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access methods include, for example, dial-up, broadband, and wireless. Encryption provides a means to secure the remote connection to prevent unauthorized access to the data traversing the remote access connection (e.g., RDP), thereby providing a degree of confidentiality. The encryption strength of a mechanism is selected based on the security categorization of the information.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System SRG	2016-04-25

Details

Check Text ( C-57211r1_chk )
Verify the operating system implements DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61537r1_fix)
Configure the operating system to implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.