UK Cyber Essentials
Secure Configuration

UK Cyber Essentials CE-SC.6: Multi-Factor Authentication for Cloud Services

MFA must be applied to all administrative accounts on cloud services and to all user accounts on cloud services where supported by the provider.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 27 controls across 19 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • IM-6 Use strong authentication controls
  • IM-7 Restrict resource access based on conditions

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-6.3 Require MFA for Externally-Exposed Applications
  • CIS-6.5 Require MFA for Administrative Access

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • IA-2(1) MFA to Privileged Accounts
  • IA-2(2) MFA to Non-Privileged Accounts

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • IA-2(1) MFA to Privileged Accounts
  • IA-2(2) MFA to Non-Privileged Accounts

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 8.4.2 8.4.2 MFA for all non-console CDE access
  • 8.4.3 8.4.3 MFA for remote access that could reach CDE
  • ASD37-20 Multi-factor authentication (Essential)

CMMC 2.0 · 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)

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets

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