The operating system must use multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-203640 | SRG-OS-000105-GPOS-00052 | SV-203640r958484_rule | CCI-000765 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor authentication requires using two or more factors to achieve authentication. Factors include: 1) something a user knows (e.g., password/PIN); 2) something a user has (e.g., cryptographic identification device, token); and 3) something a user is (e.g., biometric). A privileged account is defined as an information system account with authorizations of a privileged user. Network access is defined as access to an information system by a user (or a process acting on behalf of a user) communicating through a network (e.g., local area network, wide area network, or the Internet). The DoD CAC with DoD-approved PKI is an example of multifactor authentication. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide | 2024-12-04 | |||
Related Frameworks
3 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
IA-2(1)
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.5.3
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000765
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-203640r958484_chk)
Verify the operating system uses multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts. If it does not, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-3765r557647_fix)
Configure the operating system to use multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts.