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

STIG ID: SRG-APP-000915-MFP-000310  |  SRG: SRG-APP-000915 |  Severity: medium |  CCI: CCI-004910 |  Vulnerability Id: V-263685 | 

Vulnerability 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 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.