Topic

User identification

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

must

Aug 2019

Personnel granted access to a system and its resources are uniquely identifiable.

Security control 0414 was modified to focus on the identification of users. Guidance relating to authenticating users was moved into security control 1546 in the Guidelines for System Hardening.

Jul 2019

All users are uniquely identifiable and authenticated on each occasion that access is granted to a system.

2015

Agencies must ensure that all users are:• uniquely identifiable• authenticated on each occasion that access is granted to a system.

2010

Agencies must ensure that all system users are:• uniquely identifiable• authenticated on each occasion that access is granted to a system.

2008

Agencies must ensure that all system users are: a. uniquely identifiable b. authenticated on each occasion that access is granted to a system.