NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3
03.01 AC (Access Control)

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.01.04: Separation of Duties

Identify duties that require separation; define system access authorizations to support separation of duties.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 23 controls across 19 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • ASBv3-GS-2 Define and implement enterprise segmentation/separation of duties strategy
  • PA-1 Separate and limit highly privileged/administrative users

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-5.4 Restrict Administrator Privileges to Dedicated Administrator Accounts
  • CIS-6.8 Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Control
  • NIST-CSF-GV.RR-02 Roles, responsibilities, and authorities related to cybersecurity risk management are established, communicated, understood, and enforced
  • 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
  • E8-ADMIN-ML1 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML1)
  • ANSSI-HYG-08 Identify Each Person by Name and Separate User and Administrator Roles

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • AC-5 Separation of Duties

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • AC-5 Separation of Duties

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Segregation of duties

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Segregation of duties

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.1.1e Dual Authorization for Sensitive System Operations

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 6.5.4 6.5.4 Separate roles between production and pre-production

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties

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 03.01 AC (Access Control)

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