The application server must uniquely identify all network-connected endpoint devices before establishing any connection.

From Application Server Security Requirements Guide

Associated with: CCI-000778

SV-46593r3_rule The application server must uniquely identify all network-connected endpoint devices before establishing any connection.

Vulnerability discussion

Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity.For distributed application servers and components, the decisions regarding the validation of identification claims may be made by services separate from the application server. In such situations, it is necessary to provide the identification decisions (as opposed to the actual identifiers) to the services that need to act on those decisions.

Check content

Review application server documentation and configuration to ensure the application server identifies devices before allowing connections. If the application server does not identify a device before connection, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the application server to identify devices before allowing connections.

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