The operating system must use multifactor authentication for local access to privileged accounts.
Overview
Finding ID
Version
Rule ID
IA Controls
Severity
V-203642
SRG-OS-000107-GPOS-00054
SV-203642r982203_rule
Medium
Description
To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, privileged users must utilize multifactor authentication to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system.
Multifactor authentication is defined as using two or more factors to achieve authentication.
Factors include:
1) Something you know (e.g., password/PIN);
2) Something you have (e.g., cryptographic identification device, token); and
3) Something you are (e.g., biometric).
A privileged account is defined as an operating system account with authorizations of a privileged user.
Local access is defined as access to an organizational information system by a user (or process acting on behalf of a user) communicating through a direct connection without the use of a network.
The DOD CAC with DOD-approved PKI is an example of multifactor authentication.