AC-2(6) Account Management | Dynamic Privilege Management
Implement organization-defined dynamic privilege management capabilities.
Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, AC-2(6). The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 in the compliance library.
Base controls and their enhancements. Which apply follows the baseline you are assessed against (for example FedRAMP Moderate or High, or the low, moderate and high baselines of SP 800-53B). Text in square brackets is a parameter your organisation sets.
These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- System-generated list of dynamic privilege management capabilities · Identity provider / directory
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- System audit records · Identity provider / directory
- Test of system or mechanisms implementing dynamic privilege management capabilities · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Access control policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Procedures addressing account management · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- System design documentation · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- System configuration settings and associated documentation · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- System security plan · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- Dynamic privilege management capabilities were never defined, so privileges are changed only through manual tickets
- Privileges granted dynamically are not revoked when the triggering condition ends
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