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Azure Security Benchmark ASBv3-PA-5: Set up emergency access

Set up emergency access accounts so an outage of the normal identity path cannot lock the organisation out of critical cloud infrastructure, and protect and monitor those accounts tightly.

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This control maps to 25 controls across 14 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.16 Identity management
  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 5.29 Information security during disruption

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • AC-2(2) Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
  • AC-2(9) Restrictions on Use of Shared and Group Accounts

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • AC-2(2) Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
  • AC-2(9) Restrictions on Use of Shared and Group Accounts

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.29 Information security during disruption
  • 8.2 Privileged access rights
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-05 Access permissions, entitlements, and authorizations are defined in a policy, managed, enforced, and reviewed, and incorporate the principles of least privilege and separation of duties
  • NIST-CSF-PR.IR-03 Mechanisms are implemented to achieve resilience requirements in normal and adverse situations

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

  • E8-ADMIN-ML2 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML2)

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 8.2.2 8.2.2 Shared and generic IDs only by exception

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