164.312(a)(2)(i) Unique User Identification (Required)
164.312(a)(2)(i) 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
Unique User Identification (Required). Assign a unique name or number for identifying and tracking user identity. NIST recommends no shared accounts and centralized identity store.
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 (closest match)
- SOC2-CC6.2 CC6.2 Registering and authorising users before issuing credentials (closest match)
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
- NIST800-IA-2 IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) (closest match)
- NIST800-IA-4 IA-4 Identifier Management (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