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NIST 800-53 rev.5

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IA-05 (02)Authenticator Management | Public Key-based Authentication

Control family: Identification and Authentication

Control description

(a) For public key-based authentication:

(1) Enforce authorized access to the corresponding private key; and

(2) Map the authenticated identity to the account of the individual or group; and

(b) When public key infrastructure (PKI) is used:

(1) Validate certificates by constructing and verifying a certification path to an accepted trust anchor, including checking certificate status information; and

(2) Implement a local cache of revocation data to support path discovery and validation.

How to implement

Coming in phase 2Step-by-step guidance for implementing this control on Microsoft Azure, using services such as Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Entra ID. It will be matched to your environment.