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The VPN Client must implement multifactor authentication for network access to nonprivileged accounts such that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-207210SRG-NET-000145-VPN-000510SV-207210r984299_ruleCCI-004046medium
Description
Using an authentication device, such as a common access card (CAC) or token that is separate from the information system, ensures that even if the information system is compromised, that compromise will not affect credentials stored on the authentication device. Multifactor solutions that require devices separate from information systems gaining access include, for example, hardware tokens providing time-based or challenge-response authenticators and smart cards such as the U.S. Government Personal Identity Verification card and the DOD CAC. A nonprivileged account is any information system account with authorizations of a nonprivileged user. Network access is any access to an application by a user (or process acting on behalf of a user) where said access is obtained through a network connection. This requirement only applies to components where this is specific to the function of the device or has the concept of an organizational user (e.g., VPN, proxy capability). This does not apply to authentication for the purpose of configuring the device itself (i.e., device management).
STIGDate
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Security Requirements Guide2025-09-10

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

IAC-06.4Out-of-Band Multi-Factor Authentication
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (60) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-11Device Lock
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00

+50 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-004046
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-207210r984299_chk)

Verify the VPN Client implements multifactor authentication for network access to nonprivileged accounts such that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access. If the VPN Client does not implement multifactor authentication for network access to nonprivileged accounts such that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-7470r984298_fix)

Configure the VPN Client to implement multifactor authentication for network access to nonprivileged accounts such that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access.