Australian Information Security Manual
Guidelines for system hardening

Australian Information Security Manual ISM-1679: Multi-factor authentication for sensitive online services

Multi-factor authentication is used to authenticate users to third-party online services that process, store or communicate their organisation's sensitive data.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 5 controls across 2 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 · 4 controls

  • E8-MFA-ML1 Multi-Factor Authentication - Maturity Level 1
  • E8-MFA-ML2 Multi-Factor Authentication - Maturity Level 2
  • E8-MFA-ML3 Multi-Factor Authentication - Maturity Level 3
  • E8-MFA-ISM-1679 Multi-factor authentication (ISM-1679): Multi-factor authentication is used to authenticate users to third-party online services that process, store or communicate their organisation’s sensitive data

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-6.3 Require MFA for Externally-Exposed Applications

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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