IA-5(13) Authenticator Management | Expiration of Cached Authenticators
Prohibit the use of cached authenticators after a FedRAMP-defined time period.
3
artefacts
1
held by a system
2
at each review
moderate
to go live
Identity provider / directory
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Configuration setting the cached credential lifetime · Identity provider / directory
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Exported policy or screenshots showing the enforced expiry · Identity provider / directory
- Test evidence that a cached authenticator is refused after the period · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
none for this control
First move
Start with the 1 of 3 artefacts that already live in a system (Identity provider / directory); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- Cached credential expiry left at the operating system default
- Mobile and offline endpoints excluded from the setting
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.
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