The MEM client must provide users with the option to deny acceptance of a certificate when the certificate was issued by an untrusted certificate authority.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-32778	WIR-WMS-MEM-03	SV-43124r1_rule	IAKM-1 IAKM-2	Low

Description
When the public-key certificate is issued from an untrusted certificate authority, the certificate cannot be trusted and the recipient must have the capability to accept or deny the certificate and act on the email content based on sensitivity of the email content and mission needs.

STIG	Date
Mobile Email Management (MEM) Server Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG)	2012-07-20

Details

Check Text ( C-41111r3_chk )
Verify the MEM client provides users with the option to deny acceptance of a certificate when the certificate was issued by an untrusted certificate authority. Talk to the site system administrator and have them show this capability exists in the MEM server. Also, review MEM product documentation. Mark as a finding if the MEM server does not have required features.

Fix Text (F-36659r2_fix)
Use a MEM product that provides users with the option to deny acceptance of a certificate when the certificate was issued by an untrusted certificate authority.