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V-222527

Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide

CAT II

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The application must use multifactor (Alt. Token) authentication for local access to privileged accounts.

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Multifactor authentication (MFA) requires using two or more factors to achieve authentication and access. Factors include: (i) something a user knows (e.g., password/PIN); (ii) something a user has (e.g., cryptographic identification device, token); or (iii) something a user is (e.g., biometric). MFA decreases the attack surface by virtue of the fact that attackers must obtain two factors, a physical token or a biometric and a PIN, in order to authenticate. It is not enough to ...

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Configure the application to only use Alt. Tokens when locally accessing privileged application accounts.

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