STIGUI
V-266973CAT II — Medium severitySV-266973r1264025_rule

AOS must obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.

Rule version ARBA-ND-000344 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25

Discussion

For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by Office of Management and Budget policy. For federal agencies operating a legacy public key infrastructure cross-certified with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority at medium assurance or higher, this certificate authority will suffice.

Check

Interview the system administrator and determine if the network device obtains public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.

If the network device does not obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure AOS with the following commands: crypto pki csr rsa key_len 2048 common_name <common_name> country <US> state_or_province <state> city <city> organization <org> unit <unit> email <email> show crypto pki csr

1. Use DoW PKI to generate a public certificate based on the CSR. 2. Using the web GUI, navigate to Configuration >> System >> Certificates > Import Certificates. 3. Click the plus sign (+) and enter "Certificate name:", browse to the public certificate file, choose the appropriate format, select Certificate type: "ServerCert", and click "Submit". 4. Click Pending Changes >> Deploy Changes. 5. Navigate to Configuration >> System >> Admin >> Admin Authentication Options and choose the imported certificate under "Server Certificate". 6. Click Submit >> Pending Changes >> Deploy Changes.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-266973
Group title
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000344
Rule ID
SV-266973r1264025_rule
Check ID
C-70897r1039938_chk
Fix ID
F-70800r1264024_fix