NIST800-IA-5 IA-5 Authenticator Management
NIST800-IA-5 in NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 (NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, Release 5.2.0). All NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls held. Open NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
IA-5 Authenticator Management. Manage system authenticators by: a. Verifying, as part of the initial authenticator distribution, the identity of the individual, group, role, service, or device receiving the authenticator; b. Establishing initial authenticator content for any authenticators issued by the organization; c. Ensuring that authenticators have sufficient strength of mechanism for their intended use; d. Establishing and implementing administrative procedures for initial authenticator distribution, for lost or compromised or damaged authenticators, and for revoking authenticators; e. Changing default authenticators prior to first use; f. Changing or refreshing authenticators.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
SOC 2
- SOC2-CC6.2 CC6.2 Registering and authorising users before issuing credentials (closest match)
HIPAA Security Rule
- 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C) Log-in Monitoring (Addressable) (closest match)
- 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(D) Password Management (Addressable) (closest match)
- 164.312(d) Person or Entity Authentication (Standard) (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: IA - Identification and Authentication), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the identification and authentication policy
- the authenticator-management records
- the periodic review output