The UEM server must authenticate endpoint devices (servers) before establishing a local, remote, and/or network connection using bidirectional authentication that is cryptographically based.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-234673	SRG-APP-000580	SRG-APP-000580-UEM-000398	SV-234673r961881_rule	2024-12-09	2

Description
Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Bidirectional authentication provides stronger safeguards to validate the identity of other devices for connections that are of greater risk, such as remote connections. This requires device-to-device authentication. Information systems must use IEEE 802.1x, Extensible Authentication Protocol [EAP], Radius server with EAP-Transport Layer Security [TLS] authentication, or Kerberos to identify/authenticate devices on local and/or wide area networks. Satisfies:FMT_SMF.1.1(2) b, FTP_ITC.1.1(1), FTP_ITC.1.2(1), FTP_ITC.1.3(1) Reference:PP-MDM-431009

Description

Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Bidirectional authentication provides stronger safeguards to validate the identity of other devices for connections that are of greater risk, such as remote connections. This requires device-to-device authentication. Information systems must use IEEE 802.1x, Extensible Authentication Protocol [EAP], Radius server with EAP-Transport Layer Security [TLS] authentication, or Kerberos to identify/authenticate devices on local and/or wide area networks. Satisfies:FMT_SMF.1.1(2) b, FTP_ITC.1.1(1), FTP_ITC.1.2(1), FTP_ITC.1.3(1) Reference:PP-MDM-431009

ℹ️ Check
Verify the UEM server authenticates endpoint devices (servers) before establishing a local, remote, and/or network connection using bidirectional authentication that is cryptographically based. If the UEM server does not authenticate endpoint devices (servers) before establishing a local, remote, and/or network connection using bidirectional authentication that is cryptographically based, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the UEM server authenticates endpoint devices (servers) before establishing a local, remote, and/or network connection using bidirectional authentication that is cryptographically based. If the UEM server does not authenticate endpoint devices (servers) before establishing a local, remote, and/or network connection using bidirectional authentication that is cryptographically based, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the UEM server to authenticate endpoint devices (servers) before establishing a local, remote, and/or network connection using bidirectional authentication that is cryptographically based.