Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• a list of commonly used, expected, or compromised passwords is maintained.
• a list of commonly used, expected, or compromised passwords is updated [Assignment: frequency].
• a list of commonly used, expected, or compromised passwords is updated when organizational passwords are suspected to have been compromised.
• passwords are verified not to be found on the list of commonly used, expected, or compromised passwords when they are created or updated by users.
• passwords are only transmitted over cryptographically protected channels.
• passwords are stored in a cryptographically protected form.
• a new password is selected upon first use after account recovery.
• the following composition and complexity rules for passwords are enforced: [Assignment: rules].

Assessment Methods

Examine

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

Interview

• personnel with authenticator management responsibilities
• personnel with information security responsibilities
• system developers
• system administrators

Test

• mechanisms for supporting or implementing a password-based authenticator management capability

Gekoppelde issues

• 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.