The CA API Gateway providing intermediary services for remote access communications traffic must use NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to protect the integrity of remote access sessions.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. Remote access is access to DoD-nonpublic information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access methods include broadband and wireless connections. Remote access methods include, for example, proxied remote encrypted traffic (e.g., TLS gateways, web content filters, and webmail proxies). Cryptographic mechanisms used for protecting the integrity of information include, for example, signed hash functions using asymmetric cryptography enabling distribution of the public key to verify the hash information while maintaining the confidentiality of the secret key used to generate the hash. The CA API Gateway uses the RSA BSAFE Crypto-J Software Module, which is validated to FIPS 140-2 Overall Level 1 when operated in FIPS mode. FIPS mode is not enabled by default and must be enabled.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-85949r2_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Open the CA API Gateway - Policy Manager.
Select "Manage Cluster-Wide Properties" from the "Tasks" menu.
Click "Add" and select "security.fips.enabled" from the Key: drop-down list. Set the value to "true" and click "OK".