The IDPS 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-IDPS-NA	SRG-NET-000227-IDPS-NA	SRG-NET-000227-IDPS-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, application-specific time services.

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, application-specific time services.

STIG	Date
IDPS Security Requirements Guide (SRG)	2012-03-08

Details

Check Text ( C-43326_chk )
This requirement does not apply to IDPS.

Fix Text (F-43326_fix)
Not applicable for IDPS. No fix required.