IAM-15 Passwords Management
Manage passwords securely across their lifecycle through defined and evaluated processes and technical measures.
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Evaluation evidence that the measures work · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- The password lifecycle procedure covering issue, storage, change and reset · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Technical measures such as hashing, vaulting and reset verification · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Handling of initial and reset passwords · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- Initial passwords issued over unprotected channels
- Reset process verifying identity weakly, making it the easiest attack path
- Passwords stored recoverably in some application
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheetIAM-14 Strong Authentication · IAM-16 Authorization Mechanisms