UK Cyber Essentials
User Access Control

UK Cyber Essentials CE-AC.3: Remove or Disable Accounts When No Longer Required

Remove or disable user accounts when they are no longer required (leaver, role change, extended leave) within a defined timeframe.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 42 controls across 20 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-HR-05 Responsibilities in the event of termination or change of employment
  • C5-IDM-03 Locking and withdrawal of user accounts in the event of inactivity or multiple failed logins
  • C5-IDM-04 Withdraw or adjust access rights as the task area changes

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 3 controls

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 2 controls

Azure Security Benchmark · 2 controls

  • ASBv3-PA-4 Review and reconcile user access regularly
  • PA-3 Manage lifecycle of identities and entitlements

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-5.3 Disable Dormant Accounts
  • CIS-6.2 Establish an Access Revoking Process

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.16 Identity management
  • 5.18 Access rights

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.16 Identity management
  • 5.18 Access rights

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 8.2.5 8.2.5 Terminated users' access revoked immediately
  • 8.2.6 8.2.6 Inactive accounts removed within 90 days

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • 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

ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) · 1 control

  • ANSSI-HYG-06 Organise Joiner, Leaver and Role Change Procedures

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-37 Personnel management (Very Good)

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 1 control

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization

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 User Access Control

You are reading one control. How much of UK Cyber Essentials have you already done?

UK Cyber Essentials CE-AC.3 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of UK Cyber Essentials your existing evidence covers. Hold FedRAMP Moderate and 29 of 36 UK Cyber Essentials controls already carry evidence.

If you hold FedRAMP Moderate80.6% covered · 7 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-171 Rev 375% covered · 9 gapsIf you hold Azure Security Benchmark55.6% covered · 16 gapsIf you hold ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0)50% covered · 18 gapsIf you hold ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents50% covered · 18 gapsIf you hold C5 (Germany)50% covered · 18 gaps

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 0 were rejected on the FedRAMP Moderate pair alone.

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