C5 (Germany)
C5: Identity and Access Management

C5 (Germany) C5-IDM-01: Policy for user accounts and access rights

Document, communicate and make available a role and rights concept plus an access management policy covering unique usernames, least privilege, segregation of duties, approval steps, periodic entitlement reviews, inactivity lockout and multi-factor authentication for privileged users.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 61 controls across 26 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 4 controls

FedRAMP High · 4 controls

  • AC-1 Policy and Procedures
  • AC-2 Account Management
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • IA-1 Policy and Procedures

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • AC-1 Policy and Procedures
  • AC-2 Account Management
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • IA-1 Policy and Procedures

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 4 controls

ACSC Essential Eight · 3 controls

  • E8-ADMIN-ML1 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML1)
  • E8-ADMIN-ML3 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML3)
  • E8-BACKUP-ML3 Regular Backups (ML3)

Azure Security Benchmark · 3 controls

  • ASBv3-GS-6 Define and implement identity and privileged access strategy
  • ASBv3-PA-7 Follow just enough administration (least privilege) principle
  • IM-1 Use centralized identity and authentication system

CIS Controls v8 · 3 controls

  • CIS-6.1 Establish an Access Granting Process
  • CIS-6.2 Establish an Access Revoking Process
  • CIS-6.8 Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Control

HIPAA Security Rule · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 3 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 7.1.1 7.1.1 Requirement 7 policies and procedures maintained
  • 7.2.1 7.2.1 Access control model defined
  • 8.1.1 8.1.1 Requirement 8 policies and procedures maintained

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC5.2 CC5.2 General controls over technology (COSO principle 11)
  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties

UK Cyber Essentials · 3 controls

  • CE-AC.1 User Account Approval Process
  • CE-AC.2 Authenticate Users Before Granting Access
  • CE-AC.4 Privileged Account Approval and Tracking

ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) · 2 controls

  • ANSSI-HYG-08 Identify Each Person by Name and Separate User and Administrator Roles
  • ANSSI-HYG-09 Assign the Correct Rights on Sensitive Resources

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 2 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.15 Access control
  • 5.16 Identity management

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 2 controls

  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization
  • 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 SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System · 1 control

  • CBPR-PR-27 Physical, technical and administrative safeguards

Australia My Health Records Act 2012 · 1 control

CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49) · 1 control

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

DORA · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.6.1 Business requirements of access control

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.2.i Human resources security, access control policies and asset management

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.

Other controls in C5: Identity and Access Management

You are reading one control. How much of C5 (Germany) have you already done?

C5 (Germany) C5-IDM-01 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of C5 (Germany) your existing evidence covers. Hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 and 95 of 121 C5 (Germany) controls already carry evidence.

If you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.178.5% covered · 26 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 572.7% covered · 33 gapsIf you hold FedRAMP Moderate71.1% covered · 35 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202267.8% covered · 39 gapsIf you hold ISO 27001:202257% covered · 52 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-171 Rev 350.4% covered · 60 gaps

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