164.312(a)(1) Access Control (Standard)
164.312(a)(1) in HIPAA Security Rule (the HIPAA Security Rule as it currently stands). All HIPAA Security Rule controls held. Open HIPAA Security Rule on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
Access Control (Standard). Implement technical policies and procedures to allow only authorized persons or software programs access to ePHI. NIST recommends identity, authentication, authorization, and session management aligned to SP 800-53 AC family.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
SOC 2
- SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets (reviewed pair)
- SOC2-C1.1 C1.1 Identifying and maintaining confidential information (closest match)
- SOC2-CC6.2 CC6.2 Registering and authorising users before issuing credentials (closest match)
- SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties (closest match)
- SOC2-CC6.7 CC6.7 Restricting and protecting information in transmission, movement and removal (closest match)
- SOC2-P5.1 P5.1 Data subject access (closest match)
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
- NIST800-AC-1 AC-1 Policy and Procedures (closest match)
- NIST800-AC-3 AC-3 Access Enforcement (closest match)
- NIST800-AC-6 AC-6 Least Privilege (closest match)
- NIST800-AC-23 AC-23 Data Mining Protection (closest match)
- NIST800-IA-2 IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) (closest match)
- NIST800-SA-17 SA-17 Developer Security and Privacy Architecture and Design (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: Technical), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the unique-user and access-control records
- the audit-log configuration and review records
- the integrity and encryption records for ePHI in transit