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V-207493

CAT II (Medium)

The VMM must only allow the use of DoW PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.

Rule ID

SV-207493r1272794_rule

STIG

Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide

Version

V2R5

CCIs

CCI-002470

Discussion

Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that seek to compromise DoW systems or by organizations with insufficient security controls. If the CA used for verifying the certificate is not a DoW-approved CA, trust of this CA has not been established. The DoW will only accept PKI certificates obtained from a DoW-approved internal or external certificate authority. Reliance on CAs for the establishment of secure sessions includes, for example, the use of SSL/TLS certificates. This requirement is not applicable to VMM-internal sessions between components not identified as "Key Terrain" for "Non-Person Entities" per DoW policy.

Check Content

Verify the VMM only allows the use of DoW PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.

If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the VMM to only allow the use of DoW PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.