C5 (Germany)
C5: Product Safety and Security

C5 (Germany) C5-PSS-07: Confidentiality of Authentication Information

Where passwords authenticate to the service, users set their own or must replace an initial password expiring within fourteen days, length and complexity rules are technically enforced, users are notified of changes or resets, and hashes are stored with strong functions and 32 bit salts.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 32 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.

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • IA-5(1) Password-Based Authentication
  • IA-5(6) Protection of Authenticators

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • IA-5(1) Password-Based Authentication
  • IA-5(6) Protection of Authenticators

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 8.3.10 8.3.10 Service provider customer password guidance
  • 8.3.2 8.3.2 Authentication factors unreadable with strong cryptography
  • 8.3.6 8.3.6 Password minimum length 12 and complexity

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

UK Cyber Essentials · 2 controls

  • CE-SC.5 Password-Based Authentication Quality
  • CE-SC.7 Educate Users on Strong Passwords
  • ASD37-23 Protect authentication credentials (Excellent)
  • ASBv3-IM-8 Restrict the exposure of credential and secrets

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.17 Authentication information

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.17 Authentication information

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.2.g Basic cyber hygiene practices and cybersecurity training
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

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

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