CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 6: Access Control Management

CIS Controls v8 CIS-6.8: Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Control

Define and keep role-based access control by working out and recording the access rights each role in the enterprise needs to perform its duties. Review access on enterprise assets on a regular cycle, at least once a year, to confirm that every privilege is authorised.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 104 controls across 29 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 10 controls

  • AC-2 Account Management
  • AC-2(7) Privileged User Accounts
  • AC-22 Publicly Accessible Content
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-5 Separation of Duties
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-6(1) Authorize Access to Security Functions
  • AC-6(7) Review of User Privileges
  • CM-5 Access Restrictions for Change
  • PS-9 Position Descriptions (PS-9)

FedRAMP Moderate · 10 controls

  • AC-2 Account Management
  • AC-2(7) Privileged User Accounts
  • AC-22 Publicly Accessible Content
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-5 Separation of Duties
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-6(1) Authorize Access to Security Functions
  • AC-6(7) Review of User Privileges
  • CM-5 Access Restrictions for Change
  • PS-9 Position Descriptions (PS-9)

PCI DSS 4.0 · 10 controls

  • 3.6.1.3 3.6.1.3 Cleartext key component access limited to minimum custodians
  • 7.2.1 7.2.1 Access control model defined
  • 7.2.2 7.2.2 User access assigned by job function and least privilege
  • 7.3.2 7.3.2 Access control system enforces role-based permissions
  • 9.2.3 9.2.3 Physical protection of network hardware and lines
  • 9.4.1 9.4.1 Physical security of all media
  • 7.2.4 7.2.4 User accounts and privileges reviewed every six months
  • 7.2.5 7.2.5 Application and system accounts least privilege
  • 7.2.6 7.2.6 Query access to stored cardholder data restricted
  • 7.3.1 7.3.1 Need-to-know access control system covers all components

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 8 controls

CMMC 2.0 · 7 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 6 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 6 controls

ISO 27701:2019 · 5 controls

  • 6.6 Access control
  • 6.6.1 Business requirements of access control
  • 6.6.4 System and application access control
  • 7.4.2 Limit processing
  • 7.5 PII sharing, transfer, and disclosure

SOC 2 · 5 controls

  • SOC2-CC5.1 CC5.1 Selecting control activities that mitigate risk (COSO principle 10)
  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • SOC2-CC6.2 CC6.2 Registering and authorising users before issuing credentials
  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties
  • SOC2-P5.1 P5.1 Data subject access

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.15 Access control
  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 8.3 Information access restriction
  • 8.4 Access to source code

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 3 controls

Australian Information Security Manual · 3 controls

  • ISM-0432 Documenting access requirements in the SSP
  • ISM-1508 Least privilege for privileged access
  • ISM-1647 Disabling privileged access after 12 months

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 3 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.15 Access control
  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 3 controls

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

  • ANSSI-HYG-09 Assign the Correct Rights on Sensitive Resources
  • ANSSI-HYG-29 Limit Administration Rights on Workstations to Operational Need

Azure Security Benchmark · 2 controls

  • ASBv3-AM-4 Limit access to asset management
  • ASBv3-PA-7 Follow just enough administration (least privilege) principle

ACSC Essential Eight · 1 control

  • E8-ADMIN-ML3 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML3)

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-18 Restrict administrative privileges (Essential)

Australia Consumer Data Right - Banking (CDR) · 1 control

  • AUCDR-IS-1 Limit risk of unauthorised access to the CDR data environment

Australia My Health Records Act 2012 · 1 control

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

DORA · 1 control

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

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

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

  • 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 800-161 Rev 1 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.13.2e Introduce Unpredictability into System Operations

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-AC.4 Privileged Account Approval and Tracking

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 CIS Control 6: Access Control Management

You are reading one control. How much of CIS Controls v8 have you already done?

CIS Controls v8 CIS-6.8 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of CIS Controls v8 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 102 of 153 CIS Controls v8 controls already carry evidence.

If you hold ISO 27001:202266.7% covered · 51 gapsIf you hold FedRAMP Moderate62.7% covered · 57 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 557.5% covered · 65 gapsIf you hold NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.050.3% covered · 76 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202249.7% covered · 77 gapsIf you hold Azure Security Benchmark49% covered · 78 gaps

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 240 were rejected on the ISO 27001:2022 pair alone.

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