Run in FIPS compliant mode must be enforced.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Outlook can run in a mode that complies with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), a set of standards published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for use by non-military United States government agencies and by government contractors. By default, Outlook does not run in FIPS-compliant mode. Organizations that do business with the U.S. government but do not run Outlook in FIPS-compliant mode risk violating the government's rules regarding the handling of sensitive information.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Responsibility | System Administrator |
- ID
- SV-54005r1_rule
- Version
- DTOO262
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Security -> Cryptography "Run in FIPS compliant mode" to "Enabled".