FedRAMP High AC-6(1): Authorize Access to Security Functions
Authorize access for FedRAMP-defined personnel to security functions and security-relevant information.
Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk·Verified against the published standard ·Control text last updated
What else in your programme already covers this
This control maps to 31 controls across 14 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.
7.2.3 Required privileges are approved by authorized personnel
7.2.4 All user accounts and related access privileges, including third-party/vendor accounts, are reviewed as follows: • At least once every six months. • To ensure user accounts and access remain appropriate based on job function.
7.2.5 All application and system accounts and related access privileges are assigned and managed as follows: • Based on the least privileges necessary for the operability of the system or application. • Access is limited
7.3.1 An access control system(s) is in place that restricts access based on a user's need to know and covers all system components
SOC2-CC5.1 COSO principle 10: Selects and develops control activities to mitigate risks
SOC2-CC6.2 Prior to granting access, registration and authorization processes are established
SOC2-CC6.3 Role-based access and least privilege are enforced
SOC2-CC6.4 Restricts physical access to facilities and protected information assets (for example, data center facilities, back-up media storage, and other sensitive locations) to authorized personnel to meet the entity's objectives
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
You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP High have you already done?
FedRAMP High AC-6(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.