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CCI-001981

CCI-001981 Definition

Manage system authenticators by establishing administrative procedures for initial authenticator distribution.

Status
Type	CheckType.policy

Master Assessment Datasheet

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed defines and documents procedures for the secure distribution of authenticators.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment obtains and examines the documented procedures for the secure distribution of authenticators to ensure they have been defined.

Compelling Evidence

1.) Signed and dated Key Management Policy referencing procedures involving secure distribution of authenticators.

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-001981.

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.