SEC03-BP03 Establish emergency access process
Define a documented break-glass procedure for emergency access that bypasses normal SSO when the IdP is unavailable, with strong MFA, monitoring and post-use review.
4
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
moderate
to go live
SIEM / log platform
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Alerts on use · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Post-use review log · SIEM / log platform
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Break glass procedure document · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Isolated break glass account credentials in vault · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 1 of 4 artefacts that already live in a system (SIEM / log platform); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- no break glass plan
- credentials stored insecurely
- no alarm on use
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheetSEC03-BP02 Grant least privilege access · SEC03-BP04 Reduce permissions continuously