UK Cyber Essentials
User Access Control

UK Cyber Essentials CE-AC.6: Periodic Review of Privileged Access

Review user accounts with special access privileges on a regular basis and remove or downgrade where no longer needed.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 31 controls across 19 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • ANSSI-HYG-06 Organise Joiner, Leaver and Role Change Procedures
  • ANSSI-HYG-09 Assign the Correct Rights on Sensitive Resources
  • ANSSI-HYG-29 Limit Administration Rights on Workstations to Operational Need

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • AC-2 Account Management
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-6(7) Review of User Privileges

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • AC-2 Account Management
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-6(7) Review of User Privileges
  • ASBv3-PA-4 Review and reconcile user access regularly
  • PA-3 Manage lifecycle of identities and entitlements

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 8.2 Privileged access rights

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 8.2 Privileged access rights
  • ASD37-18 Restrict administrative privileges (Essential)

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 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

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 7.2.4 7.2.4 User accounts and privileges reviewed every six months

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation 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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