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The MEM client must alert the user if it receives an invalid public-key certificate.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-32779 WIR-WMS-MEM-03 SV-43125r1_rule IAKM-1 IAKM-2 Low
Description
When the public-key certificate is invalid, 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) 2013-05-08

Details

Check Text ( C-41112r3_chk )
Verify the MEM client alerts the user if it receives an invalid public-key certificate. 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-36660r2_fix)
Use a MEM product that alerts the user if it receives an invalid public-key certificate.