PA-1 Separate and limit highly privileged/administrative users
Limit and separate highly privileged accounts including Global Administrators with documented role assignments and break-glass procedures.
3
artefacts
0
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Privileged role assignment review · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Global Admin inventory (target less than 5) · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Break-glass account procedure · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- Too many Global Admins
- Standing privileged access
- Break-glass accounts not monitored
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.
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