Threat DF.Auth.AC-iDF-VCS.3.2

URI: DF.Auth.AC-iDF-VCS.3.2

Package: ProcessComms

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Description: Compromised or impersonated client Client injects fake content into the flow of data Data from FlowsFrom to FlowsTo between Client and Service: if an attacker can compromise or impersonate client Client, they can inject fake data in messages to Service.

Threat Type: Primary Threat

Matching Pattern:

DF.Auth.AC-iDF-VCS.3.2
MP-AC-iDF-VCS

Finds a data flow not encrypted with keys from a vault, that goes via a client and thence a service, plus any data fields, and the related auth channel, where the client and service have a trust relationship w.r.t. the data flow (i.e., they are not intermediaries in an end-to-end relationship).

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CSG-AutoSuspendUntrustworthyClientAccess

Access to service Service by client Client may be automatically disabled to prevent authenticated attacks by compromised clients, at the cost of some reduction in availability. This strategy represents a contingency plan, which can be used to reduce risk from some threats but it also triggers other threats representing possible side effects, depending on how likely it is that the contingency plan will need to be activated.

CSG-AutoSuspendUntrustworthyClientAccess-Implementation-Runtime

Access to service Service by client Client has been automatically disabled to prevent authenticated attacks by compromised clients. This strategy represents activation of a contingency plan at runtime, and can be selected to discover what effect this would have on risk levels, allowing this to be used for decision support calculations. Activation at runtime requires Service to be managed by a suitable adaptation framework. The Disable Client Access control should be deselected if and when access by Client to Service has been enabled once again.

CSG-DataFlowIntegrityProtection

Makes it possible to check that a copy of Data flowing from FlowsFrom to FlowsTo has not been accidentially or deliberately altered by an intermediary or in transit.

CSG-SuspendUntrustworthyClientAccess

Access to service Service by client Client may be temporarily disabled by the process manager ServiceManager to prevent authenticated attacks by compromised or impersonated clients, at the cost of some reduction in availability. This strategy represents a contingency plan, which can be used to reduce risk from some threats. However, it also triggers other threats representing side effects of the policy change, based on how likely it is that the contingency plan will need to be activated.

CSG-SuspendUntrustworthyClientAccess-Implementation-Runtime

Access to service Service by client Client is disabled by the process manager ServiceManager to prevent authenticated attacks by compromised clients. This strategy represents activation of a contingency plan at runtime, and can be selected to discover what effect this would have on risk levels, allowing this to be used for decision support calculations. To activate it at runtime, signal the process manager ServiceManager. The Disable Client Access control should be deselected if and when access by Client to Service has been enabled once again.