FedRAMP High
IA - Identification and Authentication

FedRAMP High IA-5(2): Public Key-Based Authentication

Enforce authorized use of public key-based authentication; validate certificates; map identity to account.

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 28 controls across 11 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ISO 27002:2022 · 5 controls

  • 5.16 Identity management
  • 5.17 Authentication information
  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 8.24 Use of cryptography
  • 8.5 Secure authentication

PCI DSS 4.0 · 5 controls

  • 10.1.2 Requirement 10 roles and responsibilities documented and assigned
  • 4.2.1 Strong cryptography and security protocols are implemented as follows to safeguard PAN during transmission over open, public networks: • Only trusted keys and certificates are accepted. • Certificates used to safeguard PAN during transmission
  • 8.3.2 Strong cryptography is used to render all authentication factors unreadable during transmission and storage on all system components
  • 8.4.1 MFA is implemented for all non-console access into the CDE for personnel with administrative access
  • 8.4.2 MFA is implemented for all non-console access into the CDE
  • 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-CSF-PR.AA-04 Identity assertions are protected, conveyed, and verified
  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-02 The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-in-transit are protected

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

  • NIST800-IA-2 Identification and authentication of organizational users
  • NIST800-IA-5 Authenticator management
  • NIST800-IA-9 Service Identification and Authentication. Uniquely identify and authenticate [organization-defined] before establishing communications with devices, users, or other services or applications
  • NIST800-SC-17 Public key infrastructure certificates
  • ASBv3-DP-7 Use a secure certificate management process
  • IM-4 Authenticate server and services

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.2 Prior to granting access, registration and authorization processes are established
  • SOC2-CC6.3 Role-based access and least privilege are enforced
  • SEC09-BP01 Implement secure key and certificate management

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.5 Secure authentication

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-AC.8 Passwordless Authentication

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 IA - Identification and Authentication

You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP High have you already done?

FedRAMP High IA-5(2) is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP High your existing evidence covers. Hold C5 (Germany) and 119 of 410 FedRAMP High controls already carry evidence.

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. 6 were rejected on the C5 (Germany) pair alone.

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The graph holds this control, the 28 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.