TOSS 5 must provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-282771TOSS-05-000081SV-282771r1201293_ruleCCI-004910medium
Description
A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is an example of a hardware-protected data store that can be used to protect cryptographic keys.
STIGDate
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-04-01

Details

Check Text (C-282771r1201293_chk)

Verify TOSS 5 is using the TPM 2.0 hardware with the following command (if TPM 2.0 hardware is available): $sudo tpm2_pcrread <multiple SHA keys> If the command returns a status of "ERROR", and TPM 2.0 hardware is available, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-87237r1201292_fix)

Configure TOSS 5 to provide protected storage for cryptographic keys by enabling TPM hardware, if available.