NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3
03.05 IA (Identification and Authentication)

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.05.07: Password Management

Maintain a list of commonly used, expected, or compromised passwords; verify passwords against the list; transmit passwords only over protected channels; store using approved hash with salt; require immediate password change on temporary credentials.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 36 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.

UK Cyber Essentials · 5 controls

  • CE-FW.2 Change Default Firewall Passwords
  • CE-SC.2 Change Default Passwords on Devices and Software
  • CE-SC.5 Password-Based Authentication Quality
  • CE-SC.7 Educate Users on Strong Passwords
  • CE-SC.8 Process for Compromised Passwords

CMMC 2.0 · 4 controls

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-IDM-08 Confidentiality of authentication information
  • C5-IDM-09 Authentication mechanisms
  • C5-PSS-07 Confidentiality of Authentication Information

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 8.3.2 8.3.2 Authentication factors unreadable with strong cryptography
  • 8.3.5 8.3.5 Initial and reset passwords unique and changed
  • 8.3.6 8.3.6 Password minimum length 12 and complexity
  • AUCDR-IS-1 Limit risk of unauthorised access to the CDR data environment
  • ASBv3-IM-8 Restrict the exposure of credential and secrets

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • IA-5(1) Password-Based Authentication

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • IA-5(1) Password-Based Authentication

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.17 Authentication information

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.17 Authentication information

ISO 27018:2019 · 1 control

  • 9.4.3 Password management system

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.6.4 System and application access control
  • 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

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 03.05 IA (Identification and Authentication)

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.05.07 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 your existing evidence covers. Hold PCI DSS 4.0 and 69 of 97 NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 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. 0 were rejected on the PCI DSS 4.0 pair alone.

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