IA-06 Authentication Feedback
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Title
Authentication Feedback
Control
Obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation and use by unauthorized individuals.
Discussion
Authentication feedback from systems does not provide information that would allow unauthorized individuals to compromise authentication mechanisms. For some types of systems, such as desktops or notebooks with relatively large monitors, the threat (referred to as shoulder surfing) may be significant. For other types of systems, such as mobile devices with small displays, the threat may be less significant and is balanced against the increased likelihood of typographic input errors due to small keyboards. Thus, the means for obscuring authentication feedback is selected accordingly. Obscuring authentication feedback includes displaying asterisks when users type passwords into input devices or displaying feedback for a very limited time before obscuring it.
Related controls
ac-3
Assessment objective
IA-06 the feedback of authentication information is obscured during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation and use by unauthorized individuals.
STIG rules that implement this control 5
Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) V1R8
- APPL-15-003012 CAT II The macOS system must disable password hints.
- APPL-15-003014 CAT II The macOS system must remove password hints from user accounts.
Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) V1R4
- APPL-26-003012 CAT II The macOS system must disable password hints.
- APPL-26-003014 CAT II The macOS system must remove password hints from user accounts.
Application Security and Development V6R5
- APSC-DV-001850 CAT I The application must not display passwords/PINs as clear text.