FedRAMP High
AC - Access Control

FedRAMP High AC-2(13): Disable Accounts for High-Risk Individuals

Disable accounts of users posing significant risk within FedRAMP-defined timeframe (1 hour).

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 20 controls across 13 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 · 4 controls

  • 5.16 Identity management
  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 5.26 Response to information security incidents
  • 8.5 Secure authentication

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC5.1 COSO principle 10: Selects and develops control activities to mitigate risks
  • SOC2-CC6.1 Implements logical access security software, infrastructure and architectures over protected information assets
  • SOC2-CC6.2 Prior to granting access, registration and authorization processes are established
  • SOC2-CC7.4 Responds to identified security incidents through defined procedures

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-5.3 Disable Dormant Accounts
  • CIS-6.2 Establish an Access Revoking Process
  • PA-3 Manage lifecycle of identities and entitlements

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-IDM-04 Withdraw or adjust access rights as the task area changes

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 8.2.5 Access for terminated users is immediately revoked

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-SC.8 Process for Compromised Passwords

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-2(13) 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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