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SC-17 PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE CERTIFICATES


Overview

Number Title Impact Priority Subject Area
SC-17 Public Key Infrastructure Certificates MODERATE P1 System And Communications Protection

Instructions
The organization issues public key certificates under an Assignment: organization-defined certificate policy or obtains public key certificates from an approved service provider.
Guidance
For all certificates, organizations manage information system trust stores to ensure only approved trust anchors are in the trust stores. This control addresses both certificates with visibility external to organizational information systems and certificates related to the internal operations of systems, for example, application-specific time services.

Enhancements