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A data spill (Classified Message Incident (CMI)) procedure or policy will be published for site smartphones.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-24955 WIR-SPP-003-01 SV-30692r3_rule VIIR-1 VIIR-2 Medium
Description
When a data spill occurs on a smartphone, classified data must be protected to prevent disclosure.
STIG Date
Smartphone Policy Security Technical Implementation Guide 2011-04-08

Details

Check Text ( C-31114r3_chk )
Detailed Policy Requirements:
In accordance with DoD policy, all components must establish Incident Handling and Response procedures. A CMI or “data spill” occurs when a classified email is inadvertently sent on an unclassified network and received on a wireless email device. Smartphones are not authorized for processing classified data.

A data spill also occurs if a classified document is attached to an otherwise unclassified email. For this case, on a smartphone, a data spill will only occur if the classified attached document is viewed or opened by the smartphone user since the smartphone system only downloads an attachment on the smartphone if the user views or opens the attachment. The site's Incident Handling and Response procedures should reference NSA/CSS Storage Device Declassification Manual 9-12, Section 5, for smartphone destruction procedures.

Check Procedures:
Interview the IAO. Verify classified incident handling, response, and reporting procedures are documented in site smartphone procedures or security policies.

This requirement applies at both sites where smartphones are issued and managed and at sites where the smartphone management server is located.

---At the smartphone management server site, verify Incident Handling and Response procedures include actions to sanitize the smartphone management server and email servers (e.g., Exchange, Oracle mail, etc.).

---At smartphone sites, verify Incident Handling and Response procedures include actions for incident reporting and actions to safeguard classified smartphone devices. The following actions will be followed for all smartphones involved in a data spill:

-BlackBerry smartphones: follow procedures in the DoD Data Spill Procedures Guide for BlackBerry Smartphones (FOUO) located at http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/net_perimeter/wireless/smartphone.html.

-Windows Mobile smartphones: the smartphone will be destroyed.
Fix Text (F-27582r1_fix)
A Classified Message Incident (CMI) procedure or policy must be published for the site.