AUTH-010: Recovery Options Configuration
- Platform
- Google Workspace
- Category
- Authentication & Access Controls
- Severity
- High
- Zero Trust pillar
- Identity (weight 3)
- Golden fixtures
- 3
- Branch coverage
- Observed: fixtures prove the verdicts they exercise
- Provenance
- baseline
What it checks
User self-service recovery should be configured appropriately. Super admins should not have personal recovery options to prevent social engineering
Recommended value
Super admins: no personal recovery. Regular users: recovery options allowed with admin override
Remediation
Admin Console > Security > Authentication > Account recovery > Disable personal recovery for super admin OU
Fixture-proven verdicts
Every verdict below is proven by a golden fixture in the module's gating test suite. This table derives from the last green run; it cannot be edited by hand.
| Scenario | Expected verdict |
|---|---|
| clean | PASS |
| known-bad | FAIL |
| throttled | Not Assessed |
Framework mappings
- NIST SP 800-53
- IA-5(1), AC-2(4)
- CIS Benchmark
- 1.10
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078.004, T1098