NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 CM-5: Access restrictions for change
Requires physical and logical access restrictions on who may make changes to the system to be defined, documented, approved and actually enforced, so that only authorized personnel can alter the system.
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This control maps to 49 controls across 22 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.
6.5.1 Changes to all system components in the production environment are made according to established procedures that include: • Reason for, and description of, the change. • Documentation of security impact. • Documented change approval
6.5.3 Pre-production environments are separated from production environments and the separation is enforced with access controls
6.5.4 Roles and functions are separated between production and pre-production environments to provide accountability such that only reviewed and approved changes are deployed
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
CM-5(1) Access Restrictions for Change | Automated Access Enforcement and Audit Records. (a) Enforce access restrictions using [Assignment: organization-defined automated mechanisms]; and (b) Automatically generate audit records of the enforcement actions
CM-5(5) Access Restrictions for Change | Privilege Limitation for Production and Operation. (a) Limit privileges to change system components and system-related information within a production or operational environment; and (b) Review and reevaluate privileges [Assignment:
CM-5(1) Access Restrictions for Change | Automated Access Enforcement and Audit Records. (a) Enforce access restrictions using [Assignment: organization-defined automated mechanisms]; and (b) Automatically generate audit records of the enforcement actions
CM-5(5) Access Restrictions for Change | Privilege Limitation for Production and Operation. (a) Limit privileges to change system components and system-related information within a production or operational environment; and (b) Review and reevaluate privileges [Assignment:
CM-5(1) Access Restrictions for Change | Automated Access Enforcement and Audit Records. (a) Enforce access restrictions using [Assignment: organization-defined automated mechanisms]; and (b) Automatically generate audit records of the enforcement actions
You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 have you already done?
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 CM-5 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 163 of 300 NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls already carry evidence.
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