STIGUI
V-264325CAT II — Medium severitySV-264325r984290_rule

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

Rule version SRG-OS-000780-VMM-000240 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-04

Discussion

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

Check

Verify the VMM is configured to provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store.

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-264325
Group title
SRG-OS-000780
Rule ID
SV-264325r984290_rule
Check ID
C-68238r984288_chk
Fix ID
F-68146r984289_fix