ComplianceNIST 800-53 control

NIST-SC-17 Public Key Infrastructure Certificates

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Framework
NIST SP 800-53 rev5 (5.2.0)
Family
SC System and Communications Protection
Control
SC-17
ATT&CK techniques mitigated
2

Control statement

a. Issue public key certificates under an [Assignment: certificate policy] or obtain public key certificates from an approved service provider; and b. Include only approved trust anchors in trust stores or certificate stores managed by the organization.

Discussion

Public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates are certificates with visibility external to organizational systems and certificates related to the internal operations of systems, such as application-specific time services. In cryptographic systems with a hierarchical structure, a trust anchor is an authoritative source (i.e., a certificate authority) for which trust is assumed and not derived. A root certificate for a PKI system is an example of a trust anchor. A trust store or certificate store maintains a list of trusted root certificates.

ATT&CK mappings (CTID)

• T1072 Software Deployment Tools • T1606 Forge Web Credentials

Related

Mitigates · MITRE ATT&CK (2)

  • T1606 Forge Web Credentials technique
  • T1072 Software Deployment Tools technique

Related control · Compliance (3)

  • NIST-AU-10 Non-repudiation NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-IA-5 Authenticator Management NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management NIST 800-53 control

Referenced by Compliance · has member (1)

  • NIST-SC System and Communications Protection NIST 800-53 family

Referenced by Compliance · related control (3)

  • NIST-AU-10 Non-repudiation NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-IA-5(2) Public Key-based Authentication NIST 800-53 enhancement
  • NIST-SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management NIST 800-53 control