| TD: MFA by Default

MFA by Default, v1.0

Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) by default for all users and administrators upon first registration, across all of its product and service offerings.

Assessment Step

1 MFA by Default (MFAbyDefault) Across all of its product and service offerings, does the organization enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) by default for all users and administrators upon first registration? Artifact A1 Provide evidence (e.g. organizational policies, procedures, compliance/assessment reports, etc.) and supporting notes as appropriate to support the assessor's response to this assessment step.

Conformance Criteria (1)

MFA by Default Across all of its product and service offerings, the organization must enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) by default for all users and administrators upon first registration. Citation SBDP (doc)

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Metadata

Identifier

https://artifacts.trustmarkinitiative.org/lib/tds/mfa-by-default/1.0/

Publication Date

2025-05-15

Issuing Organization

TMI (https://trustmarkinitiative.org/) View Contact

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Keywords

Secure by Design, Secure by Default, Software Security, Cybersecurity, DHS, CISA, Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication, MFA

Issuance Criteria

yes(ALL)

Target Recipient

Providers of enterprise software products and services – including on-premises software, cloud services, and software as a service (SaaS) – that want to demonstrate alignment with the principles and practices articulated by the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design initiative.

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This artifact is published by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) as part of the Trustmark Initiative. This artifact and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis, and GTRI disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to any warranty that the use of the information herein will not infringe any rights or any implied warranties or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In addition, GTRI disclaims legal liability for any loss incurred as a result of the use or reliance on the document or the information contained herein.

Sources (1)

SBDP	Secure-by-Design Pledge. https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/cisa-secure-design-pledge. Sourced May 2025.

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