4.5: Use Multi-Factor Authentication for All Administrative Access ================================================================== Use multi-factor authentication and encrypted channels for all administrative account access. .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 * - Asset Type - Security Function - Implementation Groups * - Users - Protect - 2, 3 Dependencies ------------ * Sub-control 2.4: Track Software Inventory Information * Sub-control 4.1: Maintain Inventory of Administrative Accounts Inputs ------ #. List of Administrative accounts in the organization along with corresponding authentication system for each #. Approved Multi-Factor Authentication Configuration(s) - there may be multiple configurations based on the types of accounts and authentication systems involved #. Approved Encrypted Channel Configuration(s) - there may be multiple configurations based on the types of accounts and authentication systems involved Operations ---------- #. For each account in Input 1, check its configuration against the appropriate Multi-Factor Authentication configuration in Input 2. Create a list of compliant accounts (M1) and non-compliant accounts (M2) #. For each account in Input 1, check its configuration against the appropriate Encrypted Channel configuration in Input 3. Create a list of compliant accounts (M3) and non-compliant accounts (M4) Measures -------- * M1 = List of Administrative Accounts that are configured properly for Multi-Factor Authentication (Multi-Factor compliant list) * M2 = List of Administrative Accounts that are not configured properly for Multi-Factor Authentication (Multi-Factor non-compliant list) * M3 = List of Administrative Accounts that are configured properly to be accessed through encrypted channels (Encrypted Channel compliant list) * M4 = List of Administrative Accounts that are not configured properly to be accessed through encrypted channels (Encrypted Channel non-compliant list) * M5 = Count of Multi-Factor compliant Administrative Accounts (count of M1) * M6 = Count of Encrypted Channel compliant Administrative Accounts (count of M3) * M7 = Total count of Administrative Accounts (count of Input 1) Metrics ------- Multi-Factor Compliance ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. list-table:: * - **Metric** - | Calculate the ratio of administrative accounts configured to use multi-factor | authentication to the total number of administrative accounts * - **Calculation** - :code:`M5 / M7` Encrypted Channel Compliance ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. list-table:: * - **Metric** - | Calculate the ratio of administrative accounts configured to use encrypted channels to | the total number of administrative accounts * - **Calculation** - :code:`M6 / M7` .. history .. authors .. license