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CCI-001544

CCI-001544 Definition

Manage system authenticators by ensuring that authenticators have sufficient strength of mechanism for their intended use.

Status
Type	CheckType.policy

Master Assessment Datasheet

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed documents and implements authenticator strength mechanisms sufficient for the intended use of the authenticators.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment obtains and examines documented authenticator strength mechanisms to ensure that they are defined and that the mechanisms have sufficient strength for the intended use of the authenticators.

Compelling Evidence

1.) Signed and dated Key Management Policy, referencing section pertaining to creating authenticators and evidence that the strength of the authenticator is strong enough for the intended use.

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-001544.

Control	Description
IA-5	The organization manages information system authenticators by: a: Verifying, as part of the initial authenticator distribution, the identity of the individual, group, role, or device receiving the authenticator; b: Establishing initial authenticator content for authenticators defined by the organization; c: Ensuring that authenticators have sufficient strength of mechanism for their intended use; d: Establishing and implementing administrative procedures for initial authenticator distribution, for lost/compromised or damaged authenticators, and for revoking authenticators; e: Changing default content of authenticators prior to information system installation; f: Establishing minimum and maximum lifetime restrictions and reuse conditions for authenticators; g: Changing/refreshing authenticators [organization-defined time period by authenticator type]; h: Protecting authenticator content from unauthorized disclosure and modification; i: Requiring individuals to take, and having devices implement, specific security safeguards to protect authenticators; and j: Changing authenticators for group/role accounts when membership to those accounts changes.

Control

Description

IA-5

The organization manages information system authenticators by:

a: Verifying, as part of the initial authenticator distribution, the identity of the individual, group, role, or device receiving the authenticator;

b: Establishing initial authenticator content for authenticators defined by the organization;

c: Ensuring that authenticators have sufficient strength of mechanism for their intended use;

d: Establishing and implementing administrative procedures for initial authenticator distribution, for lost/compromised or damaged authenticators, and for revoking authenticators;

e: Changing default content of authenticators prior to information system installation;

f: Establishing minimum and maximum lifetime restrictions and reuse conditions for authenticators;

g: Changing/refreshing authenticators [organization-defined time period by authenticator type];

h: Protecting authenticator content from unauthorized disclosure and modification;

i: Requiring individuals to take, and having devices implement, specific security safeguards to protect authenticators; and

j: Changing authenticators for group/role accounts when membership to those accounts changes.