FedRAMP High
IA - Identification and Authentication

FedRAMP High IA-4: Identifier Management

Manage identifiers; uniquely identify; prevent reuse for FedRAMP-defined period.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 35 controls across 25 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CIS Controls v8 · 5 controls

  • CIS-5.1 Establish and Maintain an Inventory of Accounts
  • CIS-5.3 Disable Dormant Accounts
  • CIS-5.5 Establish and Maintain an Inventory of Service Accounts
  • CIS-6.6 Establish and Maintain an Inventory of Authentication and Authorization Systems
  • CIS-6.7 Centralize Access Control
  • AUCDR-IS-1 Limit risk of unauthorised access to the CDR data environment
  • AUCDR-PS-9 Privacy Safeguard 9 - Adoption or disclosure of government related identifiers

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 8.2.1 8.2.1 Unique ID assigned to every user
  • 8.2.4 8.2.4 User ID lifecycle changes authorized

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.2 CC6.2 Registering and authorising users before issuing credentials
  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties

UK Cyber Essentials · 2 controls

  • CE-AC.1 User Account Approval Process
  • CE-AC.2 Authenticate Users Before Granting Access
  • ANSSI-HYG-05 Maintain an Exhaustive Inventory of Privileged Accounts
  • SEC02-BP04 Rely on a centralized identity provider
  • MYHR-REG-11 Ensuring required information is given to the System Operator
  • PA-3 Manage lifecycle of identities and entitlements

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-IDM-02 Granting and change of user accounts and access rights

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.16 Identity management

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.16 Identity management

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.6.2 User access management
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization
  • IA-4 IA-4 Identifier Management
  • IA-4 IA-4 Identifier Management
  • IA-4 IA-4 Identifier Management

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.

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

FedRAMP High IA-4 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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