COBIT 2019
Deliver, Service and Support – COBIT 2019

COBIT 2019 DSS05.04: DSS05.04 Manage user identity and logical access

Every user holds information access rights that match business requirements, coordinated with the business units that manage their own access rights inside processes: access rights follow the business function, process requirements and security policy, with identity and access management aligned to defined roles and responsibilities and to least privilege, need to know and need to have; every change to access rights (creating, modifying, deleting) is administered promptly on the basis of approved, documented transactions authorised by designated management; privileged accounts are kept separate, cut to the minimum needed and actively managed, with everything they do monitored; every information processing activity is uniquely identified by functional role, and roles are defined consistently across business units, including roles the business defines inside applications; all access is authenticated according to the individual's role or to business rules; every user, whether internal, external or temporary, and what each does in applications, infrastructure, operations, development and maintenance can be uniquely identified; an audit trail of access is kept according to sensitivity and regulatory requirements; and management reviews all accounts and privileges at regular intervals.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykControl text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 6 controls across 2 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 27001:2022 · 5 controls

  • 5.15 Access control
  • 5.16 Identity management
  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 8.2 Privileged access rights
  • 8.5 Secure authentication
  • P11 Principle 11: Selects and develops general controls over technology

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 Deliver, Service and Support – COBIT 2019

Query this from an agent

The graph holds this control, the 6 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.