Title

BES IT Policy rule must be configured as required. IT Policy rule “Disable User Initiated Activation With Public BlackBerry MDS Integration Service” (BlackBerry MDS Integration Service policy group) must be set as required. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Users can connect to public BlackBerry MDS Integration Services to access public content, web, and application servers. These servers are not DoD approved and may contain malware that could be downloaded on a BlackBerry and transferred to the DoD enclave.

Check Content

Detailed Policy Requirements: User Initiated access to Public BlackBerry MDS Integration Services will be blocked. *****For this check, set IT Policy rule "Disable User Initiated Activation With Public BlackBerry MDS Integration Service" (BlackBerry MDS Integration Service policy group) to "Yes". Check Procedures: This is a BES IT Policy check. Recommend all checks related to BES IT policies be reviewed using the procedure in Check WIR1400-01 (V0003545). *****Verify IT Policy rule "Disable User initiated Activation With Public BlackBerry MDS Integration Service" (BlackBerry MDS Integration Service policy group) is set as required. If not set as required, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the IT Policy rule as specified in the "Checks" block.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-21938r4_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-19775

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Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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