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RPC encryption between Outlook and Exchange server must be enforced.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-228466DTOO279SV-228466r508021_ruleCCI-001967medium
Description
This policy setting controls whether Outlook uses remote procedure call (RPC) encryption to communicate with Microsoft Exchange servers. If you enable this policy setting, Outlook uses RPC encryption when communicating with an Exchange server. Note - RPC encryption only encrypts the data from the Outlook client computer to the Exchange server. It does not encrypt the messages themselves as they traverse the Internet. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, RPC encryption is still used by default. This setting allows you to override the corresponding per-profile setting.
STIGDate
Microsoft Outlook 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide2022-03-11

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.

IAC-04Identification & Authentication for Devices
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (49) 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(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-18(1)Authentication and Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-4(17)Domain Authentication
1.00
AC-7Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
1.00
AU-8Time Stamps
1.00

+39 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001967
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 4 hops (3) 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.

PR.AA-01
0.50
PR.AA-03
0.50
PR.AA-05
0.50

Details

Check Text (C-228466r508021_chk)

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Account Settings -> Exchange "Enable RPC encryption" is set to "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\outlook\rpc Criteria: If the value EnableRPCEncryption is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-30684r497721_fix)

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Account Settings -> Exchange "Enable RPC encryption" to "Enabled".