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The MQ Appliance network device must use mechanisms meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for authentication to a cryptographic module.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-74973 MQMH-ND-000720 SV-89647r1_rule Medium
Description
Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be compromised. MQ Appliance network devices utilizing encryption are required to use FIPS-compliant mechanisms for authenticating to cryptographic modules. FIPS 140-2 is the current standard for validating that mechanisms used to access cryptographic modules utilize authentication that meets DoD requirements.
STIG Date
IBM MQ Appliance v9.0 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-06-06

Details

Check Text ( C-74825r1_chk )
Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user.

Enter:
config
crypto
show crypto-mode

The result should be: fips-140-2-l1

If it is not, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-81589r1_fix)
Log on to the MQ Appliance CLI as a privileged user. Enable FIPS 140-2 Level 1 mode at the next reload of the firmware.

Enter:
config
crypto
crypto-mode-set fips-140-2-l1

The following message will appear:
"Crypto Mode Successfully set to fips-140-2-l1 for next boot."