The ISSO must ensure if a DoD STIG or NSA guide is not available, a third-party product will be configured by following available guidance.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-222627	SRG-APP-000516	APSC-DV-002970	SV-222627r961863_rule	2025-02-12	6

Description
Not all COTS products are covered by a STIG. Those products not covered by a STIG, should follow commercially accepted best practices, independent testing results and vendors lock down guides and recommendations if they are available.

ℹ️ Check
Review the application documentation to identify application name, features and version. Identify if a DoD STIG or NSA guide is available. If no STIG is available for the product, the application and application components must be configured by the following as available: - commercially accepted practices, - independent testing results, or - vendor literature and lock down guides. If the application and application components do not have DoD STIG or NSA guidance available and are not configured according to: commercially accepted practices, independent testing results, or vendor literature and lock down guides, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Review the application documentation to identify application name, features and version. Identify if a DoD STIG or NSA guide is available. If no STIG is available for the product, the application and application components must be configured by the following as available: - commercially accepted practices, - independent testing results, or - vendor literature and lock down guides. If the application and application components do not have DoD STIG or NSA guidance available and are not configured according to: commercially accepted practices, independent testing results, or vendor literature and lock down guides, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the application according to the product STIG or when a STIG is not available, utilize: - commercially accepted practices, - independent testing results, or - vendor literature and lock down guides.