UK Cyber Essentials
Secure Configuration

UK Cyber Essentials CE-SC.4: Authenticate Users Before Access

Authenticate users with a unique credential before granting access to applications and devices. Auto-logon must be disabled.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 23 controls across 14 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

  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)
  • IM-1 Use centralized identity and authentication system
  • IM-6 Use strong authentication controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 8.2.1 8.2.1 Unique ID assigned to every user
  • 8.2.8 8.2.8 Re-authentication after 15 minutes idle
  • ANSSI-HYG-08 Identify Each Person by Name and Separate User and Administrator Roles

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

  • 161R1-IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)
  • 03.05.01 User Identification and Authentication

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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UK Cyber Essentials CE-SC.4 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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