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The IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint must enable content protection for each transfer user by encrypting passphrases used for server-side encryption at rest (SSEAR).

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Configuring the network element to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the network element. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the network element, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. For the network element, security-related parameters include settings for network traffic management configurations. The askmscli tool sets content-protection secrets only for each user, not for groups and not for all users on a node. Each transfer user requires their own content-protection secret for SSEAR.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-252617r831519_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the IBM High-Speed Transfer Endpoint to enable content protection for each transfer user by encrypting passphrases used for SSEAR with the following command:

$ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/askmscli -u <transferuser> -s ssear