FedRAMP Moderate
AC - Access Control

FedRAMP Moderate AC-7: Unsuccessful Logon Attempts

Enforce limit of 3 consecutive invalid logon attempts within 15 minutes (FedRAMP); lock for 30 min or until released.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 20 controls across 17 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 · 2 controls

  • 5.15 Access control
  • 8.5 Secure authentication

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 10.2.1.4 10.2.1.4 Logs capture invalid logical access attempts
  • 8.3.4 8.3.4 Lockout after 10 attempts for 30 minutes

UK Cyber Essentials · 2 controls

  • CE-SC.5 Password-Based Authentication Quality
  • CE-SC.9 Device Unlocking Credentials and Brute-Force Protection
  • ASBv3-LT-2 Enable threat detection for identity and access management

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-IDM-03 Locking and withdrawal of user accounts in the event of inactivity or multiple failed logins

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-4.10 Enforce Automatic Device Lockout on Portable End-User Devices

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.5 Secure authentication
  • AC-7 AC-7 Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
  • AC-7 AC-7 Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
  • AC-7 AC-7 Unsuccessful Logon Attempts

SOC 2 · 1 control

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

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 AC - Access Control

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

FedRAMP Moderate AC-7 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP Moderate your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27002:2022 and 182 of 323 FedRAMP Moderate 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. 348 were rejected on the ISO 27002:2022 pair alone.

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