UK Cyber Essentials
User Access Control

UK Cyber Essentials CE-AC.4: Privileged Account Approval and Tracking

Implement an approval process and keep track of privileged (administrative) accounts. The granting of privileges must be controlled.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 61 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.

Azure Security Benchmark · 5 controls

  • ASBv3-AM-4 Limit access to asset management
  • ASBv3-IM-2 Protect identity and authentication systems
  • ASBv3-PA-7 Follow just enough administration (least privilege) principle
  • PA-1 Separate and limit highly privileged/administrative users
  • PA-2 Avoid standing access for user accounts and permissions

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 5 controls

FedRAMP High · 5 controls

FedRAMP Moderate · 5 controls

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 4 controls

ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) · 3 controls

  • ANSSI-HYG-05 Maintain an Exhaustive Inventory of Privileged Accounts
  • ANSSI-HYG-09 Assign the Correct Rights on Sensitive Resources
  • ANSSI-HYG-29 Limit Administration Rights on Workstations to Operational Need

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 3 controls

  • CIS-5.1 Establish and Maintain an Inventory of Accounts
  • CIS-6.1 Establish an Access Granting Process
  • CIS-6.8 Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Control

CMMC 2.0 · 3 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 3 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 8.2 Privileged access rights
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 8.2 Privileged access rights
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 3 controls

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 7.2.2 7.2.2 User access assigned by job function and least privilege
  • 7.2.3 7.2.3 Privileges approved by authorized personnel

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-18 Restrict administrative privileges (Essential)

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

  • 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

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

UK Cyber Essentials CE-AC.4 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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