IAM-08 User Access Review
Recertify user access against least privilege and separation of duties at a frequency set by the organisation's risk tolerance, and withdraw what is no longer justified.
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
2
at each review
hard
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
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Completed access review campaigns with reviewer and date · Identity provider / directory
- Evidence access was actually revoked following review · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- The frequency chosen and the risk tolerance behind it · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Coverage of privileged and standard access · 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
- Reviews approved wholesale with nothing revoked, indicating a rubber stamp
- Frequency set uniformly with no risk basis
- Revocation decisions recorded but not carried out in the system
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 sheetIAM-07 User Access Changes and Revocation · IAM-09 Segregation of Privileged Access Roles