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Either CAC or password authentication must be enabled for user access to the Good app on the smartphone.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-26560 WIR-GMMS-002 SV-33567r1_rule IAIA-1 Medium
Description
Sensitive DoD data is saved inside the Good app and could be exposed if strong authentication is not implemented. The Good application stores sensitive DoD information. A hacker with access to the smartphone could easily gain access to the Good application if the required authentication control is not set.
STIG Date
Good Mobility Suite Server (Windows Phone 6.5) Security Technical Implementation Guide 2011-10-04

Details

Check Text ( C-34026r1_chk )
This is a Good security policy set check. Recommend all checks related to Good security policy set rules be reviewed using the following procedure.

1. Make a list of all Good security policy sets assigned to smartphone user accounts on the Good server using the following procedure:

-Have the SA identify any non STIG/ISCG-compliant policy sets and STIG/ISCG-compliant policy sets on the server.
--Log into the Good Mobile Control console.
--Click on the Policies tab.
--View all policy sets on the server.

-Note: STIG-compliant policy sets should be identified as such in the policy title. Examples are as follows: ISCG_iOS_Policy_Set, STIG_WM6-5_Policy_Set, or STIG_Android_Policy_Set. It is recommended that all non-STIG/ISCG policy sets be deleted.

2. Select each policy set users are assigned to, and in turn, verify the required settings are in the policy set.

-Note: If there is a finding, note the name of the non STIG/ISCG-compliant policy set in the Findings Details section in VMS/Component Provided Tracking Database.

-Launch the Good Mobile Control Web console and click on the Policies tab.
-Select the policy set for the mobile OS device devices and click on Handheld Authentication on the left side.

-Verify either “Authenticate with CAC PIN” or “Authenticate with password” is selected.

Mark as a finding if either of the required settings is not configured in the policy.
Fix Text (F-29711r1_fix)
Set user authentication on the Good app on the smartphone to either CAC or password authentication.