NIST800-AC-2 AC-2 Account Management
NIST800-AC-2 in NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 (NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, Release 5.2.0). All NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls held. Open NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
AC-2 Account Management. a. Define and document the types of accounts allowed and specifically prohibited for use within the system; b. Assign account managers; c. Require [Assignment: organization-defined prerequisites and criteria] for group and role membership; d. Specify: 1. Authorized users of the system; 2. Group and role membership; and 3. Access authorizations (i.e., privileges) and [Assignment: organization-defined attributes (as required)] for each account; e. Require approvals by [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles] for requests to create accounts; f. Create, enable, modify, disable, and remove accounts in accordance with [Assignment: organization-defined policy,.
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-CC5.2 CC5.2 General controls over technology (COSO principle 11) (closest match)
- 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)
- SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties (closest match)
HIPAA Security Rule
- 164.308(a)(3)(i) Workforce Security (Standard) (closest match)
- 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A) Authorization and Supervision (Addressable) (closest match)
- 164.308(a)(4)(i) Information Access Management (Standard) (closest match)
- 164.308(a)(4)(ii)(B) Access Authorization (Addressable) (closest match)
- 164.308(a)(4)(ii)(C) Access Establishment and Modification (Addressable) (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: AC - Access Control), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the access-control policy and procedures
- the account-management and privilege records
- the periodic access-review output