CMMC 2.0
Access Control

CMMC 2.0 AC.L2-3.1.4: Separation of Duties

Divide security relevant duties among different individuals so no single person can both carry out and conceal a harmful action without collusion.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 41 controls across 22 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

PCI DSS 4.0 · 6 controls

  • 7.2.1 7.2.1 Access control model defined
  • 6.5.4 6.5.4 Separate roles between production and pre-production
  • 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
  • 7.3.1 7.3.1 Need-to-know access control system covers all components
  • 8.6.1 8.6.1 Interactive use of system accounts controlled

HIPAA Security Rule · 4 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 4 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 3 controls

  • CIS-5.4 Restrict Administrator Privileges to Dedicated Administrator Accounts
  • CIS-6.1 Establish an Access Granting Process
  • CIS-6.8 Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Control

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

  • ASBv3-GS-2 Define and implement enterprise segmentation/separation of duties strategy
  • PA-1 Separate and limit highly privileged/administrative users

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.3 Segregation of duties
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 6.3.1 Internal organization
  • 6.6.1 Business requirements of access control
  • E8-ADMIN-ML1 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML1)
  • ANSSI-HYG-08 Identify Each Person by Name and Separate User and Administrator Roles

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • AC-5 Separation of Duties

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • AC-5 Separation of Duties

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Segregation of duties
  • 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 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.1.1e Dual Authorization for Sensitive System Operations

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties

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 Access Control

You are reading one control. How much of CMMC 2.0 have you already done?

CMMC 2.0 AC.L2-3.1.4 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of CMMC 2.0 your existing evidence covers. Hold FedRAMP Moderate and 108 of 110 CMMC 2.0 controls already carry evidence.

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