NIST SP 800-171
Identification and Authentication

NIST SP 800-171 171-IA-2: Multi-Factor Authentication

Use multi-factor authentication for local and network access to privileged accounts and for network access to non-privileged accounts.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 5 controls across 2 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

NIST SP 800-207 · 2 controls

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.

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The graph holds this control, the 5 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.

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