id: os_provide_automated_account_management
title: Employ Automated Mechanisms for Account Management Functions
discussion: |
  The organization should employ automated mechanisms to support the management of information system accounts.

  The use of automated mechanisms prevents against human error and provide a faster and more efficient means of relaying time-sensitive information and account management.

  To employ automated mechanisms for account management functions, many operating systems can be integrated with an enterprise-level directory service that meets or exceeds this requirement.
check: |
  The technology does not support this requirement. This is an applicable-does not meet finding.
fix: |
  This requirement is a permanent finding and cannot be fixed. An appropriate mitigation for the system must be implemented, but this finding cannot be considered fixed.
references:
  cce:
    - CCE-94267-2
  cci:
    - N/A
  800-53r5:
    - AC-2(1)
  800-53r4:
    - AC-2(1)
  disa_stig:
    - N/A
  srg:
    - SRG-OS-000001-GPOS-00001
  bio:
    - 5.16.02
macOS:
  - '15.0'
tags:
  - 800-53r5_moderate
  - 800-53r5_high
  - 800-53r4_moderate
  - 800-53r4_high
  - permanent
  - cnssi-1253_high
  - srg
  - cnssi-1253_moderate
  - nlmapgov_plus
mobileconfig: false
mobileconfig_info:
