NIST SP 800-171
Access Control

NIST SP 800-171 171-AC-2: Least Privilege and Separation of Duties

Apply least privilege and separation of duties to user accounts, administrative roles, and system processes that act on controlled unclassified information.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 4 controls across 2 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ACSC Essential Eight · 3 controls

  • E8-ADMIN-ML1 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML1)
  • E8-ADMIN-ML2 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML2)
  • E8-ADMIN-ML3 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML3)

NIST SP 800-207 · 1 control

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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The graph holds this control, the 4 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.