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The Citrix Storefront server must implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Without confidentiality protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote access session. 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, for example, dial-up, broadband, and wireless. Encryption provides a means to secure the remote connection to prevent unauthorized access to the data traversing the remote access connection thereby providing a degree of confidentiality. The encryption strength of mechanism is selected based on the security categorization of the information.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-234251r628797_rule
Severity
High
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Implement a DoD approved VPN, or gateway/proxy, that will authenticate user access and tunnel/proxy traffic to StoreFront. Ensure the VPN, or gateway/proxy, is configured to authenticate the user before accessing the environment, and meets the DoD encryption requirements, such as FIPS 140-2, for the environment.