VPN gateways used to create IP tunnels to transport classified traffic across an unclassified IP network must comply with appropriate physical security protection standards for processing classified information.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-14745	NET1832	SV-15501r2_rule		Medium

Description
When transporting classified data over an unclassified IP network, it is imperative that the network elements deployed to provision the encrypted tunnels are located in a facility authorized to process the data at the proper classification level.

STIG	Date
Network Infrastructure Policy Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-12-22

Details

Check Text ( C-12967r2_chk )
Review the network topology diagram. If there is a connection between the classified network and the unclassified network for the purpose of tunneling classified traffic across the unclassified IP network, verify that the IPsec VPN gateway used to provision the tunnel is compliant with appropriate physical security protection standards for processing classified information. If appropriate physical security protection has not been enforced, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-12967r2_chk )

Review the network topology diagram. If there is a connection between the classified network and the unclassified network for the purpose of tunneling classified traffic across the unclassified IP network, verify that the IPsec VPN gateway used to provision the tunnel is compliant with appropriate physical security protection standards for processing classified information.

If appropriate physical security protection has not been enforced, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-14211r2_fix)
Employ the necessary physical security protection for the VPN gateway devices used for tunneling classified traffic across the unclassified IP network.