CCI-000804

Uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users.

Implementation Guidance

Determine if non-Organizational users or processes acting on behalf of non-Organizational users are uniquely identified and authenticated.

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: Identification and authentication policy; system security plan; privacy plan; procedures addressing user identification and authentication; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; list of system accounts; other relevant documents or records]. Interview: [SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system operations responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; system/network administrators; organizational personnel with account management responsibilities]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing identification and authentication capabilities].

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-000804.