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Ubuntu operating systems handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure and modification of the information at rest.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-238335UBTU-20-010414SV-238335r958552_ruleCCI-001199medium
Description
Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device (e.g., disk drive and tape drive, when used for backups) within an operating system. This requirement addresses protection of user-generated data, as well as operating system-specific configuration data. Organizations may choose to employ different mechanisms to achieve confidentiality and integrity protections, as appropriate, in accordance with the security category and/or classification of the information. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000404-GPOS-00183, SRG-OS-000405-GPOS-00184
STIGDate
Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-05-16

Related Frameworks

3 mappings across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (8) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CRY-01Use of Cryptographic Controls
1.00
CRY-01.1Alternate Physical Protection
1.00
CRY-05Encrypting Data At Rest
1.00
DCH-01Data Protection
1.00
BCD-11.4Cryptographic Protection
0.50
CRY-04Transmission Integrity
0.50
DCH-07.2Encrypting Data In Storage Media
0.50
END-02Endpoint Protection Measures
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (44) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(8)Dynamic Account Management
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(7)Role-based Access Control
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-1Policy and Procedures
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
AU-4(1)Transfer to Alternate Storage
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CCI3 mappings
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

Who does this work

7 NICE work roles and 7 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-238335r958552_chk)

If there is a documented and approved reason for not having data-at-rest encryption, this requirement is Not Applicable. Verify the Ubuntu operating system prevents unauthorized disclosure or modification of all information requiring at-rest protection by using disk encryption. Determine the partition layout for the system with the following command: #sudo fdisk -l (..) Disk /dev/vda: 15 GiB, 16106127360 bytes, 31457280 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 83298450-B4E3-4B19-A9E4-7DF147A5FEFB Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/vda1 2048 4095 2048 1M BIOS boot /dev/vda2 4096 2101247 2097152 1G Linux filesystem /dev/vda3 2101248 31455231 29353984 14G Linux filesystem (...) Verify the system partitions are all encrypted with the following command: # more /etc/crypttab Every persistent disk partition present must have an entry in the file. If any partitions other than the boot partition or pseudo file systems (such as /proc or /sys) are not listed, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-41504r654179_fix)

To encrypt an entire partition, dedicate a partition for encryption in the partition layout. Note: Encrypting a partition in an already-installed system is more difficult because it will need to be resized and existing partitions changed.