03.01.05 Least Privilege
Allow only authorized access necessary to accomplish assigned tasks; review privileges periodically; reassign or remove unnecessary privileges.
3
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
moderate
to go live
Cloud console / configuration management
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- JIT/JEA configuration · Cloud console / configuration management
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Privilege review reports · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Privileged role inventory · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 1 of 3 artefacts that already live in a system (Cloud console / configuration management); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- permanent admin rights
- no quarterly entitlement review
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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