CCI-000197

For password-based authentication, transmit passwords only over cryptographically-protected channels.

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed configures the information system to transmit only encrypted representations of passwords. 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 197.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment examines the information system to ensure the organization being inspected/assessed configures the information system to transmit only encrypted representations of passwords. 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 197.

Compelling Evidence

1.) Signed and dated Key Management Policy referencing information system transmitting only encrypted representations of passwords. 2.) Applicable STIG/SRG checks

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-000197.