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03.13.15 Session Authenticity

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 (CUI; CMMC Level 2) OSCAL 1.1.0 against OSCAL 1.1.0
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unchanged 03.13 System and Communications Protection

Title

Session Authenticity

Control

Protect the authenticity of communications sessions.

Discussion

Protecting session authenticity addresses communications protection at the session level, not at the packet level. Such protection establishes grounds for confidence at both ends of the communications sessions in the ongoing identities of other parties and the validity of the transmitted information. Authenticity protection includes protecting against adversary-in-the-middle attacks, session hijacking, and the insertion of false information into sessions.

Assessment objective

the authenticity of communications sessions is protected.