V-283774

Discussion

Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not validated and therefore cannot be relied on to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoW data may be compromised. Network devices using encryption are required to use FIPS-compliant mechanisms for authenticating to cryptographic modules. FIPS 140-3 is the current standard for validating that mechanisms used to access cryptographic modules use authentication that meets DoW requirements. However, authentication algorithms must configure security processes to use only FIPS-approved and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-recommended authentication algorithms. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000179-NDM-000265, SRG-APP-000224-NDM-000270

Check Content

Verify FIPS has been enabled using the command below:

- show bof | match fips

    fips-140

If the command does not return "fips-140" as shown above, this is a finding.