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V-239942

CAT II (Medium)

The Cisco ASA must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.

Rule ID

SV-239942r991816_rule

STIG

Cisco ASA NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R4

CCIs

CCI-001159, CCI-004909

Discussion

For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB policy. For federal agencies operating a legacy public key infrastructure cross-certified with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority at medium assurance or higher, this Certification Authority (CA) will suffice.

Check Content

If PKI certificates are not implemented on the ASA, this requirement is not applicable.

Step 1: Review the ASA configuration to determine if a CA trust point has been configured as shown in the example below.

Step 2: Verify the CA is a DOD or DOD-approved service provider by entering the following command.

show crypto ca certificates

The output will list the following information for each certificate:
Associated Trustpoints: (will map to a configured trustpoint from Step 1)
Common Name (CN) of the issuer
Organization Unit (OU) of the issuer
Organization (O) of the issuer
Validity Date

If the ASA is not configured to obtain its public key certificates from a DOD or DOD-approved service provider, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Ensure certificate requests are only sent to DOD or DOD-approved service providers.