CCI-000196

The information system, for password-based authentication, stores only cryptographically-protected passwords.

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed configures the information system to store only encrypted representations of passwords. For information system components that have applicable STIGs or SRGs, the organization being inspected/assessed must comply with the STIG/SRG guidance that pertains to CCI 196.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment examines the information system to ensure the organization being inspected/assessed configures the information system to store only encrypted representations of passwords. For information system components that have applicable STIGs or SRGs, the organization conducting the inspection/assessment evaluates the components to ensure that the organization being inspected/assessed has configured the information system in compliance with the applicable STIGs and SRGs pertaining to CCI 196.

Compelling Evidence

1.) Signed and dated Key Management Policy referencing the enforcement of information system storing only encrypted representations of passwords. 2.) Applicable STIG/SRG checks

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-000196.