V-288249

Discussion

Applications handling data requiring data-at-rest protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure and modification of the information at rest. Selection of a cryptographic mechanism is based on the need to protect the integrity of organizational information. The strength of the mechanism is commensurate with the security category and/or classification of the information. Organizations have the flexibility to either encrypt all information on storage devices (i.e., full disk encryption) or encrypt specific data structures (e.g., files, records, or fields).

Check Content

Review the application documentation and deployed configuration to determine whether the application's cryptography mechanism prevents unauthorized modification of information at rest.

If the application's cryptography mechanism does not prevent unauthorized modification of information at rest, this is a finding.