C5 (Germany)
C5: Product Safety and Security

C5 (Germany) C5-PSS-05: Authentication Mechanisms

Offer authentication mechanisms able to force strong multi factor authentication for the customers' users, IT components and applications, deploy them at every access point that interacts with the service, and make their use mandatory for privileged users, components and applications.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 35 controls across 23 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-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

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)
  • IA-2(2) MFA to Non-Privileged Accounts
  • IA-8 Identification and Authentication (Non-Organizational Users)

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)
  • IA-2(2) MFA to Non-Privileged Accounts
  • IA-8 Identification and Authentication (Non-Organizational Users)
  • ANSSI-HYG-10 Define and Verify Password Selection and Sizing Rules
  • ANSSI-HYG-13 Prefer Strong Authentication Where Possible
  • IM-4 Authenticate server and services
  • IM-6 Use strong authentication controls

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

  • NIST800-IA-2 IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)
  • NIST800-IA-8 IA-8 Identification and Authentication (Non-organizational Users)

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • SOC2-CC6.2 CC6.2 Registering and authorising users before issuing credentials

UK Cyber Essentials · 2 controls

  • CE-AC.7 MFA for Administrative Accounts
  • CE-SC.6 Multi-Factor Authentication for Cloud Services
  • ASD37-20 Multi-factor authentication (Essential)

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-6.3 Require MFA for Externally-Exposed Applications

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

  • 164.312(d) Person or Entity Authentication (Standard)

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.5 Secure authentication

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.5 Secure authentication

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.6.4 System and application access control

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.2.j Multi-factor or continuous authentication, secured communications and secured emergency communications
  • 161R1-IA-8 Identification and Authentication (Non-Organizational Users)
  • 164.312(d) Person or Entity Authentication (Standard)

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 8.5.1 8.5.1 MFA system resistant to replay and bypass

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