ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0)
ANSSI Hygiene III: Authenticate and Control Access (measures 8 to 13)

ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) ANSSI-HYG-10: Define and Verify Password Selection and Sizing Rules

What does ANSSI-HYG-10 require?

Define rules on the choice and length of passwords and verify that they are applied.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 40 controls across 22 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

PCI DSS 4.0 · 4 controls

  • 8.3.1 8.3.1 Access authenticated with at least one factor
  • 8.3.6 8.3.6 Password minimum length 12 and complexity
  • 8.3.7 8.3.7 No reuse of last four passwords
  • 8.3.8 8.3.8 Authentication policies communicated to users

CMMC 2.0 · 3 controls

Azure Security Benchmark · 2 controls

  • ASBv3-GS-6 Define and implement identity and privileged access strategy
  • IM-6 Use strong authentication controls

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-14.3 Train Workforce Members on Authentication Best Practices
  • CIS-5.2 Use Unique Passwords

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • IA-5(1) Password-Based Authentication

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • IA-5(1) Password-Based Authentication

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.17 Authentication information
  • 8.5 Secure authentication

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.17 Authentication information
  • 8.5 Secure authentication

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 2 controls

  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-03 Users, services, and hardware are authenticated

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

UK Cyber Essentials · 2 controls

  • CE-SC.5 Password-Based Authentication Quality
  • CE-SC.9 Device Unlocking Credentials and Brute-Force Protection

ACSC Essential Eight · 1 control

  • E8-ADMIN-ML2 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML2)

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-21 Disable local administrator accounts (Excellent)

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 1 control

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in ANSSI Hygiene III: Authenticate and Control Access (measures 8 to 13)

You are reading one control. How much of ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) have you already done?

ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) ANSSI-HYG-10 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) your existing evidence covers. Hold FedRAMP Moderate and 35 of 42 ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) controls already carry evidence.

If you hold FedRAMP Moderate83.3% covered · 7 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202283.3% covered · 7 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 583.3% covered · 7 gapsIf you hold CIS Controls v881% covered · 8 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.178.6% covered · 9 gapsIf you hold ISO 27001:202276.2% covered · 10 gaps

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 0 were rejected on the FedRAMP Moderate pair alone.

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