Australian Information Security Manual
Guidelines for system hardening

Australian Information Security Manual ISM-1173: Multi-factor authentication for privileged users

Multi-factor authentication is used to authenticate privileged users of systems.

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This control maps to 8 controls across 6 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ACSC Essential Eight · 3 controls

  • E8-MFA-ML2 Multi-Factor Authentication - Maturity Level 2
  • E8-MFA-ML3 Multi-Factor Authentication - Maturity Level 3
  • E8-MFA-ISM-1173 Multi-factor authentication (ISM-1173): Multi-factor authentication is used to authenticate privileged users of systems

ATO Digital Service Provider (DSP) Operational Security Framework · 1 control

  • SEC.AUTH.MFA Multi-factor authentication for all staff and end users (DSP-controlled products)

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-6.5 Require MFA for Administrative Access

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.5 Secure authentication

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) · 1 control

  • 16.7.44.C.02 16.7.44.C.02 MFA for privileged users and secure credential reset

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.

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