The Mainframe Product must provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store.

Severity
Group ID
Group Title
Version
Rule ID
Date
STIG Version
mediumV-263685SRG-APP-000915SRG-APP-000915-MFP-000310SV-263685r982601_rule2025-09-103

Description

A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is an example of a hardware-protected data store that can be used to protect cryptographic keys.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the Mainframe Product is configured to provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store. If the Mainframe Product is not configured to provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix

Configure the Mainframe Product to provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store.