NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 HIGH
AC: Access Control – NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5.1 HIGH

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 HIGH AC-6: AC-6 Least Privilege

Employ the principle of least privilege, allowing only authorized accesses for users (or processes acting on behalf of users) that are necessary to accomplish assigned organizational tasks.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 3 controls across 3 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • AC-6 Least Privilege

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • AC-6 Least Privilege

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 – NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5.1 HIGH

Query this from an agent

The graph holds this control, the 3 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.