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CCI-002042

CCI-002042 Definition

Manage system authenticators by protecting authenticator content from unauthorized modification.

Status
Type	CheckType.policy

Master Assessment Datasheet

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed configures the information system to manage information system authenticators by protecting authenticator content from unauthorized modification. 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 2042.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment examines the information system to ensure the organization being inspected/assessed configures the information system to manage information system authenticators by protecting authenticator content from unauthorized modification. 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 2042.

Compelling Evidence

1.) Signed and dated Key Management Policy 2.) Applicable STIG/SRG checks

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-002042.

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.