NIST800-CA-6 CA-6 Authorization
NIST800-CA-6 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
CA-6 Authorization. a. Assign a senior official as the authorizing official for the system; b. Assign a senior official as the authorizing official for common controls available for inheritance by organizational systems; c. Ensure that the authorizing official for the system, before commencing operations: 1. Accepts the use of common controls inherited by the system; and 2. Authorizes the system to operate; d. Ensure that the authorizing official for common controls authorizes the use of those controls for inheritance by organizational systems; e. Update the authorizations [Assignment: organization-defined frequency].
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-CC4.1 CC4.1 Ongoing and separate evaluations of control (COSO principle 16) (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-P5.1 P5.1 Data subject access (closest match)
HIPAA Security Rule
- 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A) Authorization and Supervision (Addressable) (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: CA - Assessment, Authorization, and Monitoring), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the security-assessment report
- the authorization decision
- the continuous-monitoring records