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IA-05(06) Protection of Authenticators

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.1.1+u4
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Title

Protection of Authenticators

Control

Protect authenticators commensurate with the security category of the information to which use of the authenticator permits access.

Discussion

For systems that contain multiple security categories of information without reliable physical or logical separation between categories, authenticators used to grant access to the systems are protected commensurate with the highest security category of information on the systems. Security categories of information are determined as part of the security categorization process.

Related controls

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Assessment objective

IA-05(06) authenticators are protected commensurate with the security category of the information to which use of the authenticator permits access.

STIG rules that implement this control 1

Application Security and Development V6R5