Authentication Management (CLD-004-R003) - CLD-004

Requirement Details & Guidance

CLD-004-R003 · CLD-004

Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement reduces risk in cloud identity and access management by ensuring authentication management is defined, consistently implemented and demonstrably effective across cloud environments. It supports the organization's need to secure cloud-based assets, data and services while managing cloud-specific risk.

Implementation Guidance

Implement documented controls for authentication management within identity lifecycle, authentication, authorization, privileged access and federation. Define scope, ownership, required evidence, monitoring, review cadence and escalation criteria; automate validation where practical.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

CLD-004-R003 · Field Guidance

Business Examples

Common Audit Findings

Common Mistakes

Best Practices & Ownership

CLD-004 · Recommended Approach

Recommended Practices

Typical Owner

Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

Harmonized Control Mappings

FRAMEWORK CODE	FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS	FAMILY / CATEGORY	VERSION	ACTION
CIS-V8	CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 06 – Access Control Management: 6.3 – Require MFA for Externally-Exposed Applications	CIS Best Practice	vv8	View →
COBIT2019	COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS05 – Managed Security Services > DSS05.04 – Manage user identity and logical access.	COBIT Governance Framework	v2019	View →
DORA	Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 9(4)(c) – Logical/physical access limitation and access-rights administration	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 32(1)(b) – Confidentiality, integrity, availability and access resilience; Article 29 – Processing under the authority of the controller or processor	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement... Clause: § 164.308(a)(10) Standard: Information access management; § 164.312(a) Standard: Access control	US Law	vCurrent	View →
IRDAI	IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.19-3.4.1 – Authentication	India Guideline	vLatest	View →
ISO27002	ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.23 – Information security for use of cloud services	ISO Standard	v2022	View →
NIS2	NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(i) – Human resources security, access control policies and asset management Article 21(2)(j) – MFA/continuous authentication, secured voice/video/text communications and secured emergency communications	EU Directive	vCurrent	View →
NIST-CSF	NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.AA – Identity Management, Authentication, and Access Control \| PR.AA-03 – Users, services, and hardware are authenticated	NIST Framework	v2	View →
NIST80053	NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.7 – IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION; IA-2 – IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION (ORGANIZATIONAL USERS)	NIST Control Catalog	vRev. 5	View →
NPCI-ISR	NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Identity and Access Management – Multifactor Authentication	India Standard	vLatest	View →
RBI-CSF	RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 8) User Access Control / Management – 8.4 Centralised authentication/authorization, strong passwords, MFA, least privilege and segregation of duties; 8) User Access Control / Management – 8.5 Management, logging and monitoring of privileged/admin access	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SEBI-CSCRF	SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 3.1 PR.AA: Identity Management, Authentication, and Access Control	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SOC2	SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC6.1 – Logical and Physical Access Controls – The entity implements logical access security software, infrastructure, and architectures over protected information assets to protect them from security events to meet the entity's objectives. CC6.3 – Logical and Physical Access Controls – The entity authorizes, modifies, or removes access to data, software, functions, and other protected information assets based on roles, responsibilities, or the system design and changes, giving consideration to the concepts of least privilege and segregation of duties, to meet the entity’s objectives. CC6.2 – Logical and Physical Access Controls – Prior to issuing system credentials and granting system access, the entity registers and authorizes new internal and external users whose access is administered by the entity. For those users whose access is administered by the entity, user system credentials are removed when user access is no longer authorized.	AICPA Audit Framework	vLatest	View →

Parent Domain Context

Governance Domain Baseline

Domain Name:

Cloud Security (CLD)

Purpose:

To secure the organization's cloud environments and manage cloud-specific risks.

Scope:

Enterprise

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Parent Control Context

Control Baseline

Control Name:

Cloud Identity & Access Management (CLD-004)

Summary:

Establishes cloud identity and access management including identity lifecycle, authentication, authorization, privileged access, federation, and access monitoring for cloud environments.

Business Description:

Establish and maintain identity, authentication, authorization, and privileged access controls for cloud environments.

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