IA-6 Authentication Feedback
Obscure authentication feedback during authentication process.
6
artefacts
2
held by a system
1
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
- Service account credential vault inventory and rotation logs · Identity provider / directory
- MFA enrolment report for all privileged and remote users · Identity provider / directory
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Identity proofing records for high assurance accounts · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Control implementation statement for IA-6 citing the system mission and inheritance from common controls · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Authenticator lifecycle procedure including reset and revocation · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Identification and authentication policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 2 of 6 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
- Federation trust relationships not reviewed when partnerships change
- MFA exceptions granted indefinitely without compensating controls
- Shared accounts authenticate without traceability to individuals
- Default vendor credentials remain on appliances and IoT devices
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 sheetIA-5(7) Authenticator Management | No Embedded Unencrypted Static Authenticators. Ensure that unencrypted static authenticators are not embedded in applications or other forms of static storage · IA-7 Cryptographic Module Authentication