| While a great deal of effort is made to secure applications so as to prevent unauthorized access, in certain instances there can be valid requirements to listen/hear or view all content related to a particular user's application session in real time as it occurs. These instances are reserved for monitoring or investigative purposes supported through policy and are officially sanctioned. Session auditing activities are developed, integrated, and used in consultation with legal counsel in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, or regulations. These monitoring events occur at the application layer and as such, maybe required to be conducted at a host system however, in some cases network monitoring may be involved as well. Applications must support valid monitoring requirement capabilities performed in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, or regulations. This includes the capability to remotely view/hear all content related to an established user session in real time.
Rationale for non-applicability:
Any application supporting remote access is outside the scope of the SRG as the assumption is that all access to the application is local. Applications supporting remote access to the mobile device are not permitted on DoD CMD, with the exception of native OS support for mobile hotspots and USB tethering that is compliant with the MOS SRG. The SRG scope also does not cover applications which include plug-in or portable code that will make the application: (i) support multiple users; (ii) enable remote user access or administration; and (iii) provide network or application services to other nodes. |
