Overview

Security Requirements for 03.13.15 Communications Authenticity

Authenticity protection includes protecting against man-in-the-middle attacks, session hijacking, and the insertion of false information into communications sessions. This requirement addresses communications protection at the session versus packet level (e.g., sessions in service-oriented architectures providing web-based services) and establishes grounds for confidence at both ends of communications sessions in ongoing identities of other parties and in the validity of information transmitted.[SP 800-77], [SP 800-95], and [SP 800-113] provide guidance on secure communications sessions.

Evidence

  1. 03.13.15.a

    The authenticity of communications sessions is protected