Assessment Objective
Determine if:
- [Assignment: password managers] are employed to generate and manage passwords.
- passwords are protected using [Assignment: safeguards] .
Assessment Methods
Examine
- Identification and authentication policy
- procedures addressing identifier management
- system security plan
- system design documentation
- mechanisms providing dynamic binding of identifiers and authenticators
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
- system audit records
- other relevant documents or records
Interview
- Personnel with identification and authentication management responsibilities
- personnel with information security responsibilities
- system/network administrators
Test
- Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing account management capabilities
- mechanisms supporting and/or implementing identification and authentication management capabilities for the system
Linked Issues
| Linktype | Issue |
|---|---|
| blocks | 03.05.02E Password Managers |