03.05.03 Multi-Factor Authentication
Implement MFA for access to privileged accounts and for access to non-privileged accounts.
3
artefacts
2
held by a system
0
at each review
easy
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
- MFA enrollment reports · Identity provider / directory
- MFA bypass exception list · Identity provider / directory
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- IdP policies · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Automate the pull from your Identity provider / directory. Scheduled export of users, roles and MFA state from the directory; access-review completion pulled from the IdP, not a spreadsheet.
Common gaps auditors find
- SMS fallback enabled
- service accounts excluded with no compensating control
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 sheet03.05.02 Device Identification and Authentication · 03.05.04 Replay-Resistant Authentication