Role-based PKI Certificate Sponsors Hold Personal Certificates At Same Assurance Level Or Higher, v1.0

Addresses the requirement for sponsors of role-based PKI certificates to hold an individual certificate issued by the same CA at the same or higher assurance level as the role-based certificates they sponsor.
If an assessment step references organization-defined elements (E.g. <organization-defined personnel or roles>, <organization-defined frequency>, etc.), corresponding citations/excerpts must be provided to confirm that the organization has established and documented these values and that they apply as referenced in the conformance criteria.

Similarly, if a "Selection" among multiple options (e.g. [Selection (one or more): as needed; ]) is specified, evidence must be provided to establish that the option(s) implemented by the organization have been defined and documented.

The assessment step shall not be marked as satisfied without this evidence.

Assessment Step

1
Role-based PKI Certificate Sponsors Hold Personal Certificates At Same Assurance Level Or Higher (Role-basedPKICertificateSponsorsHoldPersonalCertificatesAtSameAssuranceLevelOrHigher)
Does the organization require that the sponsor of a role-based PKI certificate hold an individual PKI certificate their own name issued by the same CA at the same assurance level (or higher) as the one they are sponsoring?
Artifact
A1
Provide evidence (e.g. organizational policies, procedures, compliance/assessment reports, etc.) that support the assessor's response to this assessment step.
If conformance criteria reference organization-defined elements (e.g. <organization-defined personnel or roles>, <organization-defined frequency>, etc.), these values must be defined and documented by the organization.

Similarly, if the criteria specify a "Selection" among multiple options (e.g. [Selection (one or more): as needed; ]), the option(s) implemented by the organization must also be defined and documented.

Conformance Criteria (1)

C1
The sponsor must hold an individual certificate in his/her own name issued by the same CA at the same or higher assurance level as the role-based certificate.
Citation
FBCA-CP
Section 3.2.3.2