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Change Authenticators Prior to Delivery

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Require developers and installers of system components to provide unique authenticators or change default authenticators prior to delivery and installation.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Changing authenticators prior to the delivery and installation of system components extends the requirement for organizations to change default authenticators upon system installation by requiring developers and/or installers to provide unique authenticators or change default authenticators for system components prior to delivery and/or installation. However, it typically does not apply to developers of commercial off-the-shelf information technology products. Requirements for unique authenticators can be included in acquisition documents prepared by organizations when procuring systems or system components.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for IA-5(5) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.

Assessment

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. developers and installers of system components are required to provide unique authenticators or change default authenticators prior to delivery and installation.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Identification and authentication policy; system security plan; system and services acquisition policy; procedures addressing authenticator management; procedures addressing the integration of security requirements into the acquisition process; acquisition documentation; acquisition contracts for system procurements or services; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with authenticator management responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security, acquisition, and contracting responsibilities; system developers].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing authenticator management capability].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control IA-5 — see the IA-5(5) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (2) (6)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (2) (6)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for IA-5(5). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.

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Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.

Policy

  • Identification and authentication policy
  • system security plan
  • system and services acquisition policy

Testing

  • Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing authenticator management capability

Other Records

  • procedures addressing authenticator management
  • procedures addressing the integration of security requirements into the acquisition process
  • acquisition documentation
  • acquisition contracts for system procurements or services
  • other relevant documents or records