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CCI-001985

CCI-001985 Definition

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

Status
Type	CheckType.policy

Master Assessment Datasheet

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed implements administrative procedures for initial authenticator distribution as documented in IA-5, CCIs 1980 & 1981.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment obtains and examines records of initial authenticator distribution and interviews individuals responsible for authenticator distribution to ensure that the organization being inspected/assessed implements the process as defined in IA-5, CCIs 1980 & 1981.

Compelling Evidence

1.) Signed and dated Key Management Policy referencing procedures for initial authenticator distribution as documented in IA-5, CCIs 1980 & 1981.

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-001985.

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.