{"id":1399,"date":"2024-07-23T21:54:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T21:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/?page_id=1399"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:54:25","slug":"identification-and-authentication-ia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/identification-and-authentication-ia\/","title":{"rendered":"Identification and Authentication (IA)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Identification and Authentication (IA)&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Purpose &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Identification and Authentication Policy and associated controls describe the requirements for identifying users and protecting access to information resources.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-tarleton-purple-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-tarleton-purple-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Scope and Roles &#8211;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This policy applies to information resources owned or managed by the Tarleton State University (Tarleton).&nbsp; The intended audience includes the Tarleton Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and information resource owners and custodians.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-tarleton-purple-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-tarleton-purple-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Compliance &#8211;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Identification and Authentication controls are implemented to ensure compliance with the Texas Cyber Command (TXCC) as required by Title 1 Texas Administrative Code\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com\/rules-and-meetings?$locale=en_US&amp;interface=VIEW_TAC_SUMMARY&amp;queryAsDate=08%2F25%2F2026&amp;recordId=228882\">\u00a7477.74<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com\/rules-and-meetings?$locale=en_US&amp;interface=VIEW_TAC_SUMMARY&amp;queryAsDate=08%2F24%2F2026&amp;recordId=228884\">\u00a7477.76<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dir.texas.gov\/resource-library-item\/security-controls-standards-catalog\">Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) Security Control Standards Catalog<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.tamus.edu\/29-01-03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas A&amp;M University System Regulation 29.01.03, Information Security<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identification and Authentication (IA)&nbsp; Purpose &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Identification and Authentication Policy and associated controls describe the requirements for identifying users and protecting access to information resources.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scope and Roles &#8211;&nbsp; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1399","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/author\/jgeorge\/","display_name":"jgeorge"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 7 days ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on July 23, 2024","modified":"Updated on September 2, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on July 23, 2024 9:54 pm","modified":"Updated on September 2, 2026 7:54 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2840,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1399\/revisions\/2840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}