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The MEM client must provide users with the option to deny acceptance of a certificate when the certificates revocation status cannot be verified.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-32776 WIR-WMS-MEM-01 SV-43122r1_rule IAKM-1 IAKM-2 Low
Description
When the certificate revocation status cannot be verified, the email sender's identity cannot be verified and the user 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) 2013-05-08

Details

Check Text ( C-41109r3_chk )
Verify the MEM client provides users with the option to deny acceptance of a certificate when the certificate's revocation status cannot be verified. 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-36657r2_fix)
Use a MEM product that provides users with the option to deny acceptance of a certificate when the certificate's revocation status cannot be verified.