NIST800-AC-3(4) AC-3(4) Access Enforcement | Discretionary Access Control
NIST800-AC-3(4) 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-3(4) Access Enforcement | Discretionary Access Control. Enforce [Assignment: organization-defined discretionary access control policy] over the set of covered subjects and objects specified in the policy, and where the policy specifies that a subject that has been granted access to information can do one or more of the following: (a) Pass the information to any other subjects or objects; (b) Grant its privileges to other subjects; (c) Change security attributes on subjects, objects, the system, or the system’s components; (d) Choose the security attributes to be associated with newly created or revised objects; or (e) Change the rules governing access control.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
We hold no cross-framework row for NIST800-AC-3(4) yet. The reviewed pairs page lists the released pairs and their coverage.
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