The network device must use mechanisms meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for authentication to a cryptographic module.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-55153	SRG-APP-000179-NDM-000265	SV-69399r1_rule		Medium

Description
Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be compromised. Network devices utilizing encryption are required to use FIPS-compliant mechanisms for authenticating to cryptographic modules. FIPS 140-2 is the current standard for validating that mechanisms used to access cryptographic modules utilize authentication that meets DoD requirements.

Description

Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be compromised. Network devices utilizing encryption are required to use FIPS-compliant mechanisms for authenticating to cryptographic modules. FIPS 140-2 is the current standard for validating that mechanisms used to access cryptographic modules utilize authentication that meets DoD requirements.

STIG	Date
Network Device Management Security Requirements Guide	2015-06-26

Details

Check Text ( C-55773r1_chk )
Determine if the network device uses mechanisms meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for authentication to a cryptographic module. This requirement may be verified by validated test results. This requirement may be met through use of a properly configured authentication server if the device is configured to use the authentication server. If the network device or its associated authentication server uses mechanisms that do not meet the requirements for authentication to a cryptographic module, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-55773r1_chk )

Determine if the network device uses mechanisms meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for authentication to a cryptographic module. This requirement may be verified by validated test results. This requirement may be met through use of a properly configured authentication server if the device is configured to use the authentication server. If the network device or its associated authentication server uses mechanisms that do not meet the requirements for authentication to a cryptographic module, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60017r1_fix)
Configure the network device or its associated authentication server to use mechanisms meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for authentication to a cryptographic module.