The operating system must implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.

From General Purpose Operating System SRG

Associated with: CCI-000068

SV-70901r1_rule The operating system must implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.

Vulnerability discussion

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 (e.g., RDP), thereby providing a degree of confidentiality. The encryption strength of a mechanism is selected based on the security categorization of the information.

Check content

Verify the operating system implements DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the operating system to implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.

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