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The operating system must protect wireless access to and from the system using encryption.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-203688	SRG-OS-000299-GPOS-00117	SV-203688r991568_rule	CCI-001444	medium
Description
Allowing devices and users to connect to or from the system without first authenticating them allows untrusted access and can lead to a compromise or attack. Since wireless communications can be intercepted, it is necessary to use encryption to protect the confidentiality of information in transit. Wireless technologies include, for example, microwave, packet radio (UHF/VHF), 802.11x, and Bluetooth. Wireless networks use authentication protocols (e.g., EAP/TLS, PEAP), which provide credential protection and mutual authentication. This requirement applies to those operating systems that control wireless devices.
STIG			Date
General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide			2024-12-04

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks

SCF0 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.

NET-15.1Authentication & Encryption

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DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (4) 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-18(1)Authentication and Encryption

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-3(1)Cryptographic Bidirectional Authentication

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

SC-8Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

SC-8(1)Cryptographic Protection

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DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

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.

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)

CCI1 mapping

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-203688r991568_chk)

Verify the operating system protects wireless access to and from the system using encryption. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-3813r374952_fix)

Configure the operating system to protect wireless access to and from the system using encryption.