FedRAMP High
AC - Access Control

FedRAMP High AC-1: Policy and Procedures

Develop, document, disseminate and review the policy for access control, and its procedures, on the FedRAMP-defined cadence: policy at least annually under High and at least every three years under Moderate, procedures at least annually and after significant changes under both; update following defined events.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 33 controls across 23 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

  • 1.1.1 1.1.1 Requirement 1 policies and procedures governed
  • 12.1.1 12.1.1 Overall information security policy established and disseminated
  • 12.1.2 12.1.2 Security policy reviewed annually and updated as needed
  • 7.1.1 7.1.1 Requirement 7 policies and procedures maintained
  • 7.1.2 7.1.2 Requirement 7 roles and responsibilities assigned
  • 8.1.1 8.1.1 Requirement 8 policies and procedures maintained
  • ASBv3-GS-2 Define and implement enterprise segmentation/separation of duties strategy
  • ASBv3-GS-6 Define and implement identity and privileged access strategy

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-IDM-01 Policy for user accounts and access rights
  • C5-SP-01 Documentation, communication and provision of policies and instructions

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.1 Policies for information security
  • 5.15 Access control

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.1 Policies for information security
  • 5.15 Access control

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 6.1 General
  • 6.6.1 Business requirements of access control
  • CPS220-P36 Monitoring of Policy Review Dates and Ownership

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-6.1 Establish an Access Granting Process
  • CCM-IAM-01 Identity and Access Management Policy and Procedures

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.2.i Human resources security, access control policies and asset management
  • NIST-CSF-GV.PO-02 Policy for managing cybersecurity risks is reviewed, updated, communicated, and enforced to reflect changes in requirements, threats, technology, and organizational mission
  • AC-1 AC-1 Policy and Procedures
  • AC-1 AC-1 Policy and Procedures
  • AC-1 AC-1 Policy and Procedures

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC5.3 CC5.3 Deploying controls through policies and procedures (COSO principle 12)

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 AC - Access Control

You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP High have you already done?

FedRAMP High AC-1 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP High your existing evidence covers. Hold C5 (Germany) and 119 of 410 FedRAMP High 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. 6 were rejected on the C5 (Germany) pair alone.

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