NIST CSF Control PR.AC-1: Identities and Credentials Are Managed for Authorized Devices and Users

Role Availability Read-Only Investigator Analyst Manager

Access Control (PR.AC): Access to assets and associated facilities is limited to authorized users, processes, or devices, and to authorized activities and transactions. Note on Control: Showing user login events will satisfy this control. Associated Frameworks: CCS CSC 16, COBIT 5 DSS05.04, DSS06.03, ISA 62443-2-1:2009 4.3.3.5.1, ISA 62443-3-3:2013 SR 1.1, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.4, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 AC-2, IA Family.

The following table shows the event filters used by this template:

Filters Used by NIST CSF Control PR.AC-1: Identities and Credentials Are Managed for Authorized Devices and Users
Field Values
Event Name "A logon was attempted using explicit credentials", "AUTHN_LOGIN_EVENT", "Admin - Change Password On Next Login", "Admin login", "Admin login failed", "Admin login successful", "Agent login succeeded", "Attempt to login using a non-existent user", "Audit Event Dispatcher: login message", "Console Login", "Console user login", "FTP login", "LOGIN", "LOGON", "Login", "Login - Login Challenge", "Login - Login Failure", "Login - Successful Login", "Login OK", "Login Success", "Login attempt", "Login failed", "Login succeeded", "Login success", "Login successful. Accepted password", "Logon", "Multiple Windows Logon Failures", "Multiple failed logins", "Network Security Manager Login succeeded", "PasswordLogonInitialAuthUsingPassword", "Secure Shell: LOGINFAIL", "Special Logon", "Special privileges assigned to new logon", "UNSUCCESSFUL_LOGIN", "USER_LOGIN", "USER_LOGINx", "USER_Login: Failed", "User Logon", "User Logon Notification for Customer Experience Improvement Program", "User login", "User login failed", "User login successful", "User logon detected Account", "UserLoginFailed", "VPN zone remote user login allowed", "Windows DC Logon Failure", "Windows Logon Success", "event: LoginFailed", "load balancer: SSH Login failed", "load balancer: SSH login accepted", "login", "login query"
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