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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>GlobalSign votes yes on Ballot SC3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Public <public-bounces@cabforum.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kirk Hall via Public<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 13, 2018 12:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> CA/Browser Forum Public Discussion List <public@cabforum.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [cabfpub] Voting has started on Ballot SC3 version 2<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>See text and link below. Voting ends on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 11:45 am Eastern.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Servercert-wg [<a href="mailto:servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org">mailto:servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tim Hollebeek via Servercert-wg<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 9, 2018 8:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> CA/Browser Forum Public Discussion List <<a href="mailto:public@cabforum.org">public@cabforum.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:servercert-wg@cabforum.org">servercert-wg@cabforum.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL][Servercert-wg] Voting begins: Ballot SC3 version 2<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/SC3-PasswordChangesDieDieDie?expand=1">https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/SC3-PasswordChangesDieDieDie?expand=1</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Ballot SC3: Two-Factor Authentication and Password Improvements<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Purpose of Ballot: The Network Security Working Group met a number of times to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>improve the Network Security Guidelines requirements around authentication,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>specifically by requiring two-factor authentication, and improving the password <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>requirements in line with more recent NIST guidelines.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>While CAs are encouraged to improve their password requirements as soon as <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>possible, a two year grace period is being given to allow organizations to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>develop and implement policies to implement the improved requirements, especially<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>since some organizations may have to simultaneously comply with other<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>compliance frameworks that have not been updated yet and are based on older NIST <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>guidance about passwords.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>The following motion has been proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and endorsed <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of Harica and Neil Dunbar of TrustCor.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>— MOTION BEGINS –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>This ballot modifies the “Network and Certificate System Security Requirements” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>as follows, based upon Version 1.1:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>In the definitions, add a definition for Multi-Factor Authentication:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>"Multi-Factor Authentication: An authentication mechanism consisting of two or <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>more of the following independent categories of credentials (i.e. factors) to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>verify the user’s identity for a login or other transaction: something you know <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>(knowledge factor), something you have (possession factor), and something you <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>are (inherence factor). Each factor must be independent. Certificate-based <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>authentication can be used as part of Multifactor Authentication only if the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>private key is stored in a Secure Key Storage Device."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Capitalize all instances of the defined term "Multi-Factor Authentication".<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Add a definition for Secure Key Storage Device:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>"Secure Key Storage Device: A device certified as meeting at least FIPS 140-2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>level 2 overall, level 3 physical, or Common Criteria (EAL 4+)."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>In section 1.j., capitalize Multi-Factor Authentication, and strike the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>parenthetical reference to subsection 2.n.(ii).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>In section 2.f., add "(for accountability purposes, group accounts or shared<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>role credentials SHALL NOT be used)" after "authenticate to Certificate Systems".<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Change section 2.g. to read:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>"g. If an authentication control used by a Trusted Role is a username and password, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> then, where technically feasible, implement the following controls:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> i. For accounts that are accessible only within Secure Zones or High Security <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> Zones, require that passwords have at least twelve (12) characters; <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> ii. For authentications which cross a zone boundary into a Secure Zone or High <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> Security Zone, require Multi-Factor Authentication. For accounts accessible <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> from outside a Secure Zone or High Security Zone require passwords that have <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> at least eight (8) characters and are not be one of the user's previous <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> four (4) passwords; and implement account lockout for failed access attempts <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> in accordance with subsection k;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> iii. When developing password policies, CAs SHOULD take into account the password <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> guidance in NIST 800-63B Appendix A.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> iv. Frequent password changes have been shown to cause users to select less <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> secure passwords. If the CA has any policy that specifies routine periodic <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> password changes, that period SHOULD NOT be less than two years. Effective <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> April 1, 2020, if the CA has any policy that requires routine periodic password <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> changes, that period SHALL NOT be less than two years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>In section 2.h., change "Require" to "Have a policy that requires"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>In section 2.i., change "Configure" to "Have a procedure to configure"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Change section 2.k. to read:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>"k. Lockout account access to Certificate Systems after no more than five (5) failed <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> access attempts, provided that this security measure:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> i. is supported by the Certificate System,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> ii. Cannot be leveraged for a denial of service attack, and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> iii. does not weaken the security of this authentication control;"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Change section 2.n. to read:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>"Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication for all Trusted Role accounts on Certificate<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Systems (including those approving the issuance of a Certificate, which equally<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>applies to Delegated Third Parties) that are accessible from outside a Secure Zone<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>or High Security Zone; and"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>— MOTION ENDS –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Discussion (7+ days)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Start Time: 2018-07-26 17:45 Eastern<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>End Time: 2018-08-09 11:45 Eastern<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Vote for approval (7 days)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Start Time: 2018-08-09 11:45 Eastern<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>End Time: 2018-08-16 11:45 Eastern<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>