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DTOO262 - Run in FIPS compliant mode must be enforced.
Information
This policy setting controls whether Outlook is required to use FIPS-compliant algorithms when signing and encrypting messages. Outlook can run in a mode that complies with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), a set of standards published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for use by non-military United States government agencies and by government contractors. If you enable this policy setting, Outlook runs in a mode that complies with the FIPS 140-1 standard for cryptographic modules. This mode requires the use of the SHA-1 algorithm for signing and 3DES for encryption. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook does not run in FIPS-compliant mode. Organizations that do business with the United States government but do not run Outlook in FIPS-compliant mode risk violating the U.S. government's rules regarding the handling of sensitive information.For more information about FIPS, see FIPS - General Information at http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/geninfo.htmSolution
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Security -> Cryptography 'Run in FIPS compliant mode' to 'Enabled'.See Also
http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_MS_Outlook_2016_V1R2_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG Microsoft Outlook 2016 v1r2
Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION
References: 800-53|SC-13, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000803, Rule-ID|SV-85853r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO262, Vuln-ID|V-71229
Plugin: Windows
Control ID: 66d2c0b3c7feae6691b5080990129018fc1f08cdb2145b8f9828f7b9ee790cf3