Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• IA-05(01)(a) for password-based authentication, a list of commonly used, expected, or compromised passwords is maintained and updated [Assignment: frequency] and when organizational passwords are suspected to have been compromised directly or indirectly;
• IA-05(01)(b) for password-based authentication when passwords are created or updated by users, the passwords are verified not to be found on the list of commonly used, expected, or compromised passwords in IA-05(01)(a);
• IA-05(01)(c) for password-based authentication, passwords are only transmitted over cryptographically protected channels;
• IA-05(01)(d) for password-based authentication, passwords are stored using an approved salted key derivation function, preferably using a keyed hash;
• IA-05(01)(e) for password-based authentication, immediate selection of a new password is required upon account recovery;
• IA-05(01)(f) for password-based authentication, user selection of long passwords and passphrases is allowed, including spaces and all printable characters;
• IA-05(01)(g) for password-based authentication, automated tools are employed to assist the user in selecting strong password authenticators;
• IA-05(01)(h) for password-based authentication, [Assignment: composition and complexity rules] are enforced.

Assessment Methods

Examine

• Identification and authentication policy
• password policy
• procedures addressing authenticator management
• system security plan
• system design documentation
• system configuration settings and associated documentation
• password configurations and associated documentation
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• Organizational personnel with authenticator management responsibilities
• organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
• system/network administrators
• system developers

Test

• Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing password-based authenticator management capability

Linkitetyt tehtävät

• NIST -

  EN: Publications of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, https://www.nist.gov/, from their electronic versions (OSCAL; SP 800-63-4 from its HTML version, https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/). Works of NIST employees are not subject to copyright protection in the United States (17 U.S.C. § 105); the OSCAL content is dedicated to the public domain worldwide (CC0 1.0); outside the United States NIST grants the right to reprint its technical series publications in all formats (NIST copyright statement). Republished courtesy of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; each document names its citation. Divided into sections and converted into the GRCA format, the wording unchanged. Only the versions published by NIST are authoritative.

  DE: Veröffentlichungen des National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, https://www.nist.gov/, aus ihren elektronischen Fassungen (OSCAL; SP 800-63-4 aus ihrer HTML-Fassung, https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/). Werke von NIST-Beschäftigten sind in den USA urheberrechtlich nicht geschützt (17 U.S.C. § 105); die OSCAL-Inhalte sind weltweit gemeinfrei gestellt (CC0 1.0); außerhalb der USA räumt das NIST das Recht ein, seine Technical-Series-Publikationen in allen Formaten neu zu veröffentlichen (Copyright-Hinweis des NIST). „Republished courtesy of the National Institute of Standards and Technology“; jedes Dokument nennt seine Zitierangabe. In Abschnitte aufgeteilt und in das GRCA-Format umgewandelt, der Wortlaut unverändert. Maßgeblich sind allein die vom NIST veröffentlichten Fassungen.