Title

Run in FIPS compliant mode must be enforced. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Outlook can run in a mode that complies with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), a set of standards published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for use by non-military United States government agencies and by government contractors. By default, Outlook does not run in FIPS-compliant mode. Organizations that do business with the U.S. government but do not run Outlook in FIPS-compliant mode risk violating the government's rules regarding the handling of sensitive information. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000179, SRG-APP-000610

Check Content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Security -> Cryptography "Run in FIPS compliant mode" is set to "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\outlook\security Criteria: If the value FIPSMode is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Security -> Cryptography "Run in FIPS compliant mode" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-242713r961050_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-242713

Group Title: SRG-APP-000179

Expert Comments

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