CCI-001159

The organization issues public key certificates under an organization-defined certificate policy or obtains public key certificates from an approved service provider.

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed configures the information system to issue public key certificates under DoDI 8520.02, "Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Public Key (PK) Enabling" or obtains public key certificates from an approved service provider. For information system components that have applicable STIGs or SRGs, the organization being inspected/assessed must comply with the STIG/SRG guidance that pertains to CCI 1159. DoD has defined the certificate policy as DoDI 8520.02, "Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Public Key (PK) Enabling.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment examines the information system to ensure the organization being inspected/assessed configures the information system to issue public key certificates under DoDI 8520.02, "Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Public Key (PK) Enabling" or obtains public key certificates from an approved service provider. For information system components that have applicable STIGs or SRGs, the organization conducting the inspection/assessment evaluates the components to ensure that the organization being inspected/assessed has configured the information system in compliance with the applicable STIGs and SRGs pertaining to CCI 1159. DoD has defined the certificate policy as DoDI 8520.02, "Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Public Key (PK) Enabling.

Compelling Evidence

1. Signed and dated System Security Plan that verifies and validates that the site configures their information system to issue public key certificates according to DoDI 8520.02, "Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Public Key (PK) Enabling.".

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-001159.