IA-5 Authenticator Management
Manages authenticators issued to or by suppliers, including default credentials shipped with delivered components.
3
artefacts
0
held by a system
2
at each review
hard
to go live
Document repository
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
- Issuance and revocation records for external authenticators · Document repository
- Evidence default credentials on delivered components are changed · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Protection of authenticators shared with suppliers · Vendor register / contract repository
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
- shipped default credentials left in place
- credentials emailed to supplier staff
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-4 Identifier Management · IA-8 Identification and Authentication (Non-Organizational Users)