AC.L2-3.1.1 Authorized Access Control
Restrict system access so only identified, authorized users, the processes running on their behalf, and approved devices including other connected systems can connect.
4
artefacts
2
held by a system
1
at each review
easy
to go live
Identity provider / directory
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Account provisioning and approval records showing authorization before access · Identity provider / directory
- System configuration showing device and system-to-system connection allow lists · Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Periodic account recertification results · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Account inventory listing authorized users, service/process accounts and approved devices · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Automate the pull from your Identity provider / directory. Scheduled export of users, roles and MFA state from the directory; access-review completion pulled from the IdP, not a spreadsheet.
Common gaps auditors find
- Service and machine accounts never authorized or reviewed
- Device-level access unrestricted while user access is controlled
- Stale accounts retained after staff depart
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 sheet