3.5. Information Assurance

3.5.1. List of Standards

SUBAREA / SERVICE CATEGORY CATEGORY / SUBCATEGORY MANDATORY STANDARDS EMERGING NEAR TERM FADING Remarks
      Community Security Requirements Statement abstract, v1.1 (NATO:2010)  

Used in profile: AMN

    Common Criteria (ISO/IEC 15408-1:2009, -2 to-3:2008)     Procedural document dealing with the evaluation criteria for IT security.

Guidance on the use of Common Criteria within NATO is provided with AC/322-D(2010)0043.

    Physical characteristics (ISO/IEC 7810:2003)      
    Integrated circuit(s) with electrical contacts (ISO/IEC 7816:2006)     Base profile, consisting of parts 1-5)
    Interface between the card aware applications and cards, PC/SC Specs. v.2.0.1.9:2005      
    Card-resistance allications, JAVACARDkit v.2.2.2:2006      
    Contactless cards (ISO/IEC 14443:2008)     Base profile, consisting of parts 1 - 3.
SMI Service          
    Web-Services Security Profile (WSS), v1.0 (OASIS)     Used in Profile: AMN
      WS Security Policy, v1.3:2009 (OASIS)   Used in Profile: CES
    Security Assertion Markup Language, SAML v2.0 (OASIS)     For CCEB interoperability the Security Ascertion Markup Language (SAML) v1.1 is mandatory and SAML 2.0 is emerging

Used in Profile: CES (v2.0)

    XKMS 2.0 (W3C):2005     Used in Profiles: AMN, tactESB
          See General Security Key Management and Distribution.

For CCEB interoperability the mandatory standard is ACP145(A) (Messaging Services Between Nations) and X.500 (based on CMI authentication framework)

Confidentiality          
    S/MIME with Encrypted Security Service (ESS) (IETF RFCs 3850:2004, 3851:2004)   ACP120 replaced by ACP145 Messaging System independent encapsulation syntax supporting signature and confidentiality functions based on DSA.

For CCEB interoperability the standard is S/MIME Version 3 ESS, application layer data confidentiality or link level encryption

      ITU-T X.411:1999    
      SCIP Key Management Plan, SCIP-120 rev.1.0:2010 (IICWG)    
      SCIP X.509 Key Management Plan, SCIP-121 rev.0.8:2012 (IICWG)    
      SCIP Signalling Plan, SCIP-210 rev.3.5:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      SCIP Mulitimedia Option-Specific MERs for SCIP Devices, SCIP-213 rev.1.0:2012 (IICWG)    
      Generic Packet Data Option, SCIP-213.1 rev.1.0:2010 (IICWG)    
      Network Specific MERs for SCIP Devices, SCIP-214 rev.1.2:2011 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      SCIP over the PSTN, SCIP-214.1 rev.1.0:2008 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      SCIP over RTP, SCIP-214.2 rev.1.0:2010 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      U.S. SCIP/IP Implementation Standard and MER Publication, SCIP-215 rev.2.2:2011 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Minimum Essential Requirements (MER) for V.150.1 Gateways Publication, SCIP-216 rev.2.2:2011 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Mimimum Implementation Profile (MIP), SCIP-221 rev.3.0:2011 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Cryptography Specification for SCIP, SCIP-231 rev.1.3:2008 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      SCIP Cryptography Specification - Main Module, SCIP-233 rev.1.1:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Universal Call Setup Encryption (CSE) Key Material Format and Fill Specification, SCIP-233.106 rev.1.1:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      MERCATOR Call Setup Encryption (CSE) Key Material Format and Fill Specification , SCIP-233.110 rev.1.0:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      MERCATOR Call Setup Encryption (CSE) Specification, SCIP-233.202 rev.1.0:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      ECDH Key Agreement and TEK Derivation, SCIP-233 rev.1.1:2011 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      MERCATOR ECDH Key Agreement and TEK Derivation Specification, SCIP-233.308 rev.1.0:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Interoperable Terminal Priority (TP) Community of Interest (COI) Specification, SCIP-233.350 rev.1.0:2010 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Application State Vector Processing Specification, SCIP-233.401 rev.1.2:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Point-to-Point Cryptographic Verification w/Signature, SCIP-233.444 rev.1.0:2011 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      MERCATOR Point-to-Point Cryptographic Verification w/Signature Specification , SCIP-233.445 rev.1.0:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Secure MELP(e) Voice, SCIP-233.501 rev.1.1:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Secure Almost Full Bandwidth (AFB) Data, SCIP-233.518 rev.1.0:2010 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Secure Full Bandwidth (FB) Data, SCIP-233.519 rev.1.0:2010 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Secure Packet Data, SCIP-233.531 rev.1.0:2010 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Secure Messaging Processing Specification, SCIP-233.547 rev.1.0:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) Data Integrity Specification, SCIP-233.562 rev.0.1:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      MERCATOR Encryption Algorithm Specification, SCIP-233.604 rev.1.0:2012 (IICWG)   For CCEB interoperability the SCIP standard is mandatory
      NATO XML Labelling version 1.0 (Ref:-NC3A Technical Note 1455 "NATO Profile for the 'Binding of Metadata to Data Objects' - version 1.0"; and - NC3A Technical Note 1456, "NATO Profile for the 'XML Confidentiality Label Syntax' - version 1.0".)  

Used in Profiles: AMN, CES, tactESB

    SOAP Message Security 1.1:2004 (OASIS)     Used in Profile: CES
      Username Token Profile, v1.1:2004 (OASIS)   Used in Profile: CES
      X.509 Certificate Token Profile, v1.1:2004 (OASIS)   Used in Profiles: CES, tactESB
      NATO PKI (NPKI) Certificate Policy, rev.2 (NATO:2008)  

Used in Profile: AMN

      Kerberos Token Profile 1.1:2006 (OASIS)   Used in Profile: CES
    SAML Token Profile 1.1:2006 (OASIS)     Used in Profile: CES
      SOAP Messages with Attachments (SwA) Profile 1.1:2006 (OASIS)   Used in Profile: CES
    WS-Security Utility 1.0:2001 (OASIS)     Used in Profile: CES
      WS-Trust 1.4:2007 (OASIS)   Used in Profile: CES
    Basic Security Profile Version 1.1:2010 (WS-I)     Used in Profile: AMN
Encryption          
    TLS v1.2 (IETF RFC 5246:2008)   SSL excluded in NCSP v.6 Used as a transport layer security protocol.

Used in Profiles: AMN (v1.1), CES, tactESB

    SSH v.2 (IETF RFC 4250-4256:2006)      
      XML Encryption (W3C):2008   Used in Profile: tactESB
    Key Wrap Advanced Encryption Standard 128 (AES 128, NIST FIPS 197:2002) Key Wrap Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES 256, NIST FIPS 197)   PKI components and applications should utilise AES for key wrap functions.

AES 256 should be utilized post 2008 for Root CA and Sub CA PKI components together with SHA-384 and 512. End entities can still utilize AES 128 together with SHA-256.

For CCEB interoperability AES 128 is emerging.

Integrity          
    IP ESP (RFC 4303:2005)     Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) may support integrity and authentication depending on the use of algorithms
      NINE ISpec v1.0.3 (NATO)    
    Digital Signature Algorithm 1024 (DSA-1024, NIST FIPS 186-2 with Change Notice 1, Oct 2001) Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA 384, NIST FIPS 186-2 with Change Notice 1, Oct 2001) Digital Signature Algorithm (original version) not for new systems Authentication and integrity algorithm for End Entities as mandated by the interoperability protocol PCT for implementing digital signatures for a NATO Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in the NATO messaging system. ECDSA 384 is planned for post 2008. Guidance is provided in AC/322-D(2004)0035.

For CCEB interoperability the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) NIST FIPS 186-2 is mandatory. DSA FIPS 186-2 can be used in NATO for verification purposes only.

    RSA 2048 (PKCS#1 v2.1 RSA Cryptography Standard, RSA Laboratories, June 2002) Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA 384, NIST FIPS 186-2 with Change Notice 1, Oct 2001)   Authentication and integrity algorithm for Sub CA and other PKI components (such as Key Recovery Agents) as mandated by the interoperability protocol PCT for implementing digital signatures for a NATO Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in the NATO messaging system. ECDSA 384 is planned for post 2008. Guidance is provided in AC/322-D(2004)0035.

For CCEB interoperability the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) NIST FIPS 186-2 is mandatory.

    Secure Hash Algorithm 256 (SHA-256, NIST FIPS 180-2 with Change Notice 1, Feb 2004) Secure Hash Algorithm 384 (SHA-384, NIST FIPS 180-2 with Change Notice 1, Feb 2004) Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1), NIST FIPS 180-1 replaced by SHA-256 Hash algorithm to accompany the DSA and RSA for use in NMS. SHA-384 is planned for post 2008. Guidance is provided in AC/322-D(2004)0035.

For CCEB interoperability the standard is SHA-1, NIST FIPS 180-1 is mandatory. SHA-1 can be used in NATO for verification purposes only.

    XML Encryption Syntax and Processing, W3C:2002     Used in Profile: CES
Authentication          
    Radius, IETF RFC 2865:2006 updated by RFC 2868:2000, 3575:2003, 5080:2007 Radius and IPv6, IETF RFC 3162:2001    
      Kerberos v.5, IETF RFC 1510:1993  

Used in Profile: AMN

      The Kerberos v5 Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism, IETF RFC 4752:2006   Used in Profile: CES
      Single sign on (SSO, the Open Group)    
    Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks, X.509 v3:2005 (ITU-T)     Used in Profiles: AMN, CES, tactESB
      X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile (IETF RFC 5280:2008)    
    Identification of Issuers (ISO 7812:2007)     Base profile consisting of parts 1 - 2.
    XML Signature (W3C):2008      
    XACML v2.0:2008 (OASIS) XACML v3.0:2010 (OASIS)   Used in Profiles: AMN, CES, tactESB
      DOD EBTS 1.2 (DoD: 2000)  

Used in Profile: AMN

      DOD EBTS 2.0 (DoD: 2000)  

Used in Profile: AMN

      Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial, and Scar Mark and Tattoo (SMT) Information (ANSI: 2008)  

Used in Profile: AMN

      Biometric data interchange formats -- Part 2 (ISO 19794-2:2007)  

Used in Profile: AMN

      Biometric data interchange formats -- Part 5: Face Image Data 8ISO 19794-5)  

Used in Profile: AMN

      Biometric data interchange formats -- Part 6: Iris Image Data (ISO 19794-6)  

Used in Profile: AMN

Detection          
Transsec