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Password Manager

What is Password Manager?

Software that securely stores and manages login credentials for various accounts and applications. Password managers generate strong, unique passwords and auto-fill them, reducing the risk of password reuse and weak passwords.

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What the standards actually require on password manager

Requirements naming password manager across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.

Credentials stored on systems are protected by a password manager; a hardware security module; or by salting, hashing and stretching them before storage within a database.

ISM-1402 · Credentials stored on systems are protected by a password manager; a hardware security mod

Employ automated mechanisms for the generation, protection, rotation, and management of passwords for systems and accounts not required to use multifactor authentication.

3.5.2e · Password Manager Use

Discoverable credentials (formerly Resident Credentials) per WebAuthn L3 6.3 + CTAP2.1 are credentials whose private-key + per-credential metadata (rpId + userHandle + signCount) are stored on the authenticator.

FIDO2-Passkey-Discoverable · Passkeys (Discoverable Credentials) and Account Recovery

Article 6 + Annex III defines Important PDEs (Class I and Class II) including identity-management systems, password managers, browser plug-ins, operating systems, microcontrollers with security functionality, routers/modems/switches, network management systems...

CRA-Art.6_7 · Important and critical products with digital elements (Articles 6-7)

Questions people ask about password manager

What is Password Manager?
Software that securely stores and manages login credentials for various accounts and applications. Password managers generate strong, unique passwords and auto-fill them, reducing the risk of password reuse and weak passwords.
Why is Password Manager important for compliance?
Password Manager is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding password manager helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Password Manager?
Password Manager appears in the requirement text of Australian Information Security Manual, NIST SP 800-172, FIDO2 / WebAuthn, EU Cyber Resilience Act. Across these standards we have identified 5 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Password Manager?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how password manager applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Password Manager applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.