The Mainframe Product must use multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts.
Overview
Finding ID
Version
Rule ID
IA Controls
Severity
V-205489
SRG-APP-000149-MFP-000207
SV-205489r960972_rule
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:
(i) something a user knows (e.g., password/PIN);
(ii) something a user has (e.g., cryptographic identification device, token); or
(iii) 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).