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Identification and Authentication (IA)

The Identification and Authentication family has 13 active controls in SP 800-53 release 5.2.0. “Yes” marks membership in the SP 800-53B baselines.

ControlTitleLowModerateHighPrivacy
IA-1Policy and ProceduresYesYesYes
IA-2Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)YesYesYes
IA-3Device Identification and AuthenticationYesYes
IA-4Identifier ManagementYesYesYes
IA-5Authenticator ManagementYesYesYes
IA-6Authentication FeedbackYesYesYes
IA-7Cryptographic Module AuthenticationYesYesYes
IA-8Identification and Authentication (Non-organizational Users)YesYesYes
IA-9Service Identification and Authentication
IA-10Adaptive Authentication
IA-11Re-authenticationYesYesYes
IA-12Identity ProofingYesYes
IA-13Identity Providers and Authorization Servers

Independent guidance, not an official NIST publication. Control text is from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and SP 800-53A (public domain). Original content is licensed CC BY 4.0; program templates and the downloadable kit are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.