| Finding ID |
Severity |
Title |
Description |
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V-254727
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High |
If the BlackBerry Docs service is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to use SSL for LDAP lookup to connect to the Office Web App Server (e.g., SharePoint). |
Preventing the disclosure of transmitted information requires that applications take measures to employ some form of cryptographic mechanism to protect the information during transmission. This is usually achieved through the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) or SSL. |
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V-254716
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High |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must be configured to use HTTPS. |
Preventing the disclosure of transmitted information requires that applications take measures to employ some form of cryptographic mechanism to protect the information during transmission to web applications. This is usually achieved through the use of HTTPS. |
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V-254732
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Medium |
If the BlackBerry Docs service is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to enable the proxy server authentication type (if a proxy is used). |
The web proxy provides a secure gateway for the BlackBerry Docs service so that BEMS can securely connect to enterprise servers. |
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V-254730
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Medium |
If the BlackBerry Connect service is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to enable the Web Proxy. |
The web proxy provides a secure gateway for the BlackBerry Connect service so that BEMS can securely connect to the internet. |
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V-254729
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Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) server must be configured to enable FIPS mode. |
Encryption is only as good as the encryption modules utilized. Unapproved cryptographic module algorithms cannot be verified and cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DOD data may be compromised due to weak algorithms. In addition, the application must be configured to use the FIPS version of... |
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V-254728
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Medium |
If the BlackBerry Docs service is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to enable audit logs. |
Logging must be used to track system activity, assist in diagnosing system issues, and provide evidence needed for forensic investigations post security incident. |
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V-254726
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Medium |
If the BlackBerry Docs service is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to use NTLM authentication. |
To ensure accountability and prevent unauthorized access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations). Users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) are uniquely identified... |
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V-254725
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Medium |
If the BlackBerry Docs service is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to use Windows Authentication for the database connection. |
To ensure accountability and prevent unauthorized access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations). Users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) are uniquely identified... |
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V-254724
|
Medium |
If the BlackBerry Connect service is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to enable SSL support for BlackBerry Proxy and use only DOD approved certificates. |
Preventing the disclosure of transmitted information requires that applications take measures to employ some form of cryptographic mechanism to protect the information during transmission. This is usually achieved through the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) or SSL. Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued... |
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V-254723
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Medium |
If the BlackBerry Connect service is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to use Windows Authentication for the database connection. |
To ensure accountability and prevent unauthorized access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations). Users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) are uniquely identified... |
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V-254722
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Medium |
If the Mail service (Push Notifications support for BlackBerry Work) is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to Enable SSL LDAP for certificate directory lookup. |
Preventing the disclosure of transmitted information requires that applications take measures to employ some form of cryptographic mechanism to protect the information during transmission. This is usually achieved through the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) or SSL. |
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V-254721
|
Medium |
If the Mail service (Push Notifications support for BlackBerry Work) is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to Enable SSL LDAP when using LDAP Lookup for users. |
Preventing the disclosure of transmitted information requires that applications take measures to employ some form of cryptographic mechanism to protect the information during transmission. This is usually achieved through the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) or SSL. |
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V-254720
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Medium |
If the Mail service (Push Notifications support for BlackBerry Work) is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to use Windows Integrated Authentication for the Exchange connection. |
To ensure accountability and prevent unauthorized access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations). Users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) are uniquely identified... |
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V-254719
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Medium |
If the Mail service (Push Notifications support for BlackBerry Work) is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured to use Windows Authentication for the database connection. |
To assure accountability and prevent unauthorized access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations). Users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) are uniquely identified... |
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V-254718
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Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must be configured with an inactivity timeout of 15 minutes or less. |
A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the information system but does not log out because of the temporary nature of the absence. Rather than relying on the user to manually lock their application... |
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V-254717
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Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must be configured to use DOD certificates for SSL. |
Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that seek to compromise DOD systems or by organizations with insufficient security controls. If the CA used for verifying the certificate is not a DOD-approved CA, trust of this CA has not been established. |
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V-254715
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Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must be configured to use Windows Authentication for the database connection. |
To ensure accountability and prevent unauthorized access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations). Users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) are uniquely identified... |
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V-254714
|
Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must be configured to have at least one user in the following Administrator roles: Server primary administrator, auditor. |
Having several administrative roles for the BEMS supports separation of duties. This allows administrator-level privileges to be granted granularly, such as giving application management privileges to one group and security policy privileges to another group. This helps prevent administrators from intentionally or inadvertently altering other settings and configurations they may... |
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V-254713
|
Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must remove all export ciphers to protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information. |
During the initial setup of a Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection to the application server, the client sends a list of supported cipher suites in order of preference. The application server will reply with the cipher suite it will use for communication from the client list. If an attacker can... |
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V-254712
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Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information through the use of an approved TLS version. |
Preventing the disclosure of transmitted information requires that the application server take measures to employ some form of cryptographic mechanism to protect the information during transmission. This is usually achieved through the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS).
Transmission of data can take place between the application server and a... |
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V-254711
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Medium |
The firewall protecting the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must be configured so that only DOD-approved ports, protocols, and services are enabled. |
All ports, protocols, and services used on DOD networks must be approved and registered via the DOD PPSM process. This is to ensure that a risk assessment has been completed before a new port, protocol, or service is configured on a DOD network and has been approved by proper DOD... |
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V-254710
|
Medium |
The firewall protecting the BEMS must be configured to restrict all network traffic to and from all addresses with the exception of ports, protocols, and IP address ranges required to support BEMS functions. |
Most information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations. Since BEMS is a critical component of the mobility architecture and must be configured to enable only those... |
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V-254709
|
Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) platform must be protected by a DOD-approved firewall. |
Most information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services provided by default may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations. Unneeded services and processes provide additional threat vectors and avenues of attack to the information system. BEMS is... |
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V-254708
|
Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must protect log information from unauthorized deletion. |
If log data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve.
Application servers contain admin interfaces that allow reading and manipulation of log records. Therefore, these interfaces should not allow for unfettered... |
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V-254707
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Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must protect log information from unauthorized modification. |
If log data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In addition, access to log records provides information an attacker could potentially use to his or her advantage.
Application servers contain... |
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V-254706
|
Medium |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS) must protect log information from any type of unauthorized read access. |
If log data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In addition, access to log records provides information an attacker could potentially use to his or her advantage.
Application servers contain... |
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V-254731
|
Low |
If the BlackBerry Presence service is installed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server (BEMS), it must be configured with the whitelisting control to limit presence subscriptions to only single domain/tenant. |
Whitelisting in Presence subscriptions is used to control which internal and federated environments can be subscribed to. Presence subscriptions should be limited to only DOD environments to control who has access to presence information on DOD users. This is an operational security (OPSEC) issue. |
