CMMC 2.0
Access Control

CMMC 2.0 AC.L2-3.1.6: Non-Privileged Account Use

Require staff holding privileged accounts to use a non privileged account or role when performing work that does not need elevated rights.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 33 controls across 21 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 · 4 controls

  • 5.3.5 5.3.5 Users cannot disable or alter anti-malware
  • 7.2.2 7.2.2 User access assigned by job function and least privilege
  • 7.2.5 7.2.5 Application and system accounts least privilege
  • 8.6.1 8.6.1 Interactive use of system accounts controlled
  • ASBv3-IM-2 Protect identity and authentication systems
  • PA-1 Separate and limit highly privileged/administrative users
  • PA-2 Avoid standing access for user accounts and permissions
  • ANSSI-HYG-08 Identify Each Person by Name and Separate User and Administrator Roles
  • ANSSI-HYG-29 Limit Administration Rights on Workstations to Operational Need

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-12.8 Establish and Maintain Dedicated Computing Resources for All Administrative Work
  • CIS-5.4 Restrict Administrator Privileges to Dedicated Administrator Accounts

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.2 Privileged access rights
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • 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
  • E8-ADMIN-ML1 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML1)
  • ASD37-18 Restrict administrative privileges (Essential)

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • AC-6(2) Non-Privileged Access for Nonsecurity Functions

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • AC-6(2) Non-Privileged Access for Nonsecurity Functions

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.2 Privileged access rights

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 7.3.6 Access, correction and/or erasure
  • 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
  • 03.01.06 Least Privilege - Privileged Accounts

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-AC.5 Separate Admin Accounts for Administrative Activities

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.L2-3.1.6 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.

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. 1 were rejected on the FedRAMP Moderate pair alone.

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