Australian Information Security Manual
Guidelines for system hardening

Australian Information Security Manual ISM-1685: Managing break glass and service account credentials

Credentials for break glass accounts, local administrator accounts and service accounts are long, unique, unpredictable and managed.

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This control maps to 2 controls across 2 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ACSC Essential Eight · 1 control

  • E8-ADMIN-ISM-1685 Restrict administrative privileges (ISM-1685): Credentials for break glass accounts, local administrator accounts and service accounts are long, unique, unpredictable and managed

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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