If the underlying MOS does not provide NIST FIPS-validated crypto modules, the mobile app must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography for the following: to provision digital signatures; to generate cryptographic hashes; and to protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-APP-000514-MAPP-000100	SRG-APP-000514-MAPP-000100	SRG-APP-000514-MAPP-000100_rule		Medium

Description
Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The app must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standards approved by the federal government since this provides assurance they have been tested and validated.

STIG	Date
Mobile Application Security Requirements Guide	2014-07-22

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-APP-000514-MAPP-000100_chk )
Identify what cryptography, if any, protects unclassified information stored, processed, or transmitted on the device. Verify that the cryptography is FIPS-validated from the documentation submitted with the app. If the app does not use cryptography to protect unclassified information, or does not use FIPS-validated cryptography for this purpose, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-APP-000514-MAPP-000100_fix)
Modify the mobile app code to ensure it utilizes FIPS-validated cryptography to provision digital signatures; to generate cryptographic hashes; and to protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.