NIST SP 800-172
IA

NIST SP 800-172 3.5.2e: Password Manager Use

Employ automated mechanisms for the generation, protection, rotation, and management of passwords for systems and accounts not required to use multifactor authentication.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 34 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.

PCI DSS 4.0 · 5 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
  • 8.3.9 8.3.9 Single-factor passwords changed every 90 days or dynamic analysis
  • 8.6.2 8.6.2 No hard-coded passwords for interactive system accounts
  • 8.6.3 8.6.3 System account passwords protected against misuse

CMMC 2.0 · 3 controls

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
  • ASBv3-IM-8 Restrict the exposure of credential and secrets
  • IM-3 Manage application identities securely and automatically

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

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

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.17 Authentication information
  • 8.5 Secure authentication

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.17 Authentication information
  • 8.5 Secure authentication

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization

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

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-172 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-172 3.5.2e is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-172 your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 24 of 35 NIST SP 800-172 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. 5 were rejected on the NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 pair alone.

Query this from an agent

The graph holds this control, the 34 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.