NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
AC - Access Control

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 NIST800-AC-14: AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication

a. Identify [Assignment: organization-defined user actions] that can be performed on the system without identification or authentication consistent with organizational mission and business functions; and b. Document and provide supporting rationale in the security plan for the system, user actions not requiring identification or authentication.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 13 controls across 9 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • 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
  • SOC2-CC6.7 CC6.7 Restricting and protecting information in transmission, movement and removal

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 6.6.1 Business requirements of access control
  • 6.6.2 User access management

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.3 Information access restriction
  • 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
  • AC-14 AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication
  • AC-14 AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication
  • AC-14 AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication

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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