AC.2 Authenticate Users Before Granting Access
Authenticate users with a unique account and password (or other credential) before granting access to applications or devices.
2
artefacts
2
held by a system
0
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
- IdP user list (no shared accounts) · Identity provider / directory
- Directory export · Identity provider / directory
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
none for this control
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
- shared service mailbox login
- team shared account
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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