Best Practice Detail

13-12-8081

Network Operators, Service Providers, Equipment Suppliers and Public Safety should develop an enforceable password policy, which considers different types of users, requiring users to protect, as applicable, either (a) the passwords they are given/create or (b) their credentials for two-factor authentication.

Status: Rollover New

References/Comments: \"Garfinkel, Simson, and Gene Spafford. “Users and Passwords”. Practical Unix & Internet Security, 2nd ed. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly and Associates, Inc. 1996. 49-69 US Government and National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) Network Security Information Exchange (NSIE). ?Administration of Static Passwords and User Ids?. Operations, Administration, Maintenance, & Provisioning (OAM&P) Security Requirements for Public Telecommunications Network. Draft 2.0, August 2002. \\\'http://www.atis.org/ - ATIS-0300276.2008 Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning Security Requirements for the Public Telecommunications Network: A Baseline of Security Requirements for the Management Plane: March 2008.. Note: This Best practice could impact 9-1-1 operations.\"

Historical events:

• Network Operators
• Service Providers
• Equipment Suppliers
• Public Safety
• Cable
• Internet/Data
• Satellite
• Wireless
• Cyber Security
• Information Protection
• Public Safety Service
• Encryption
• CSRIC VII: Rollover New In CSRIC VII