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.

Verdict scenarios for AUTH-010
ScenarioExpected verdict
cleanPASS
known-badFAIL
throttledNot Assessed

Framework mappings

NIST SP 800-53
IA-5(1), AC-2(4)
CIS Benchmark
1.10
MITRE ATT&CK
T1078.004, T1098