UK Cyber Essentials
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UK Cyber Essentials CE-AC.8: Passwordless Authentication

Where identity is established without a password, use a recognised passwordless method such as a FIDO2 authenticator or passkey, biometric, hardware security key or token, push notification or one-time code, and manage it as the authentication control for the account.

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 21 controls across 16 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • IA-2(1) MFA to Privileged Accounts
  • IA-2(2) MFA to Non-Privileged Accounts
  • IA-5(2) Public Key-Based Authentication

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • IA-2(1) MFA to Privileged Accounts
  • IA-2(2) MFA to Non-Privileged Accounts
  • IA-5(2) Public Key-Based Authentication
  • IM-3 Manage application identities securely and automatically
  • IM-6 Use strong authentication controls
  • ASD37-20 Multi-factor authentication (Essential)

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

  • 164.312(d) Person or Entity Authentication (Standard)

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.5 Secure authentication

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.5 Secure authentication
  • 164.312(d) Person or Entity Authentication (Standard)

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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You are reading one control. How much of UK Cyber Essentials have you already done?

UK Cyber Essentials CE-AC.8 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of UK Cyber Essentials your existing evidence covers. Hold FedRAMP Moderate and 29 of 36 UK Cyber Essentials 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 FedRAMP Moderate pair alone.

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