OMI-015: Active user IDs assigned to only one person

OMI-015

Active user IDs assigned to only one person

Number of active user IDs assigned to only one person

NOT RECOMMENDED

1.0

This indicator is present in the User Identification and Authentication section of CISWG, 2005.

Accountability over user IDs

It is a security good practice to assign user IDs for accountability purposes. Accountability is importantly weakened if the number of accountable persons is 0 or greater than 1.

In this indicator, the word assigned implies that the objective of this indicator is to monitor the assignment of user IDs to people. We do not recommend the usage of this indicator to pursue this objective. For this objective, other indicators should be considered such as ratio of active user IDs assigned to an accountable person.

Account sharing

Shared accounts is a well-known bad security practice that prevents traceability. We do not recommend the usage of this indicator to pursue the objective of complying with this requirement.

For this objective, other indicators should be considered such as active user IDs shared by several persons or ratio of active user IDs shared by several persons.