In accordance with CTO 07-015 PKI authentication is required. This provides stronger, two-factor authentication than using a username/password.
NOTE: The following are exempt from this, however, they must meet all password requirements and must be documented with the IAO:
- SIPRNET systems.
- Stand-alone systems.
- Application Accounts.
- Students or unpaid employees (such as, interns) who are not eligible to receive or not in receipt of a CAC, PIV, or ALT.
- Warfighters and support personnel located at operational tactical locations conducting wartime operations that are not collocated with RAPIDS workstations to issue CAC; are not eligible for CAC or do not have the capability to use ALT.
- Test systems that have an Interim Approval to Test (IATT) and provide protection via separate VPN, firewall, or security measures preventing access to network and system components from outside the protection boundary documented in the IATT. |