Assessment Objective
Determine if:
- AC-06(08) [Assignment: software] is prevented from executing at higher privilege levels than users executing the software.
Assessment Methods
Examine
- Access control policy
- procedures addressing least privilege
- list of software that should not execute at higher privilege levels than users executing software
- system design documentation
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
- system audit records
- system security plan
- other relevant documents or records
Interview
- Organizational personnel with responsibilities for defining least privileges necessary to accomplish specified tasks
- organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
- system/network administrators
- system developers
Test
- Mechanisms implementing least privilege functions for software execution
Kapcsolt feladatok
| Kapcsolattípus | Feladat |
|---|---|
| blocks | AC-06(08) Privilege Levels for Code Execution |